MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia angrily denied U.S. media reports that the Russian director of a cultural exchange programme may be recruiting Americans as spies, saying such allegations risked damaging ties between the two countries.
Media outlets including Mother Jones magazine said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was interviewing Americans who participated in an exchange programme directed by Yuri Zaitsev, who heads the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Washington.
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