This seems to come right out of a James Bond movie or transporting us back in time to the Cold War. Right now Russia and the U.S. are negotiating a swap of spies held by each country. This return to Cold War drama began last week when the FBI conducted a roundup of suspected Russian deep cover spies. A report emanating from Russia have indicated the swap could be arranged for Igor Sutyagin, a Russian disarmament researcher found guilty on spy charges six years ago.
Relations between the two former Cold War foes have chilled in recent years over variety of issues and have deepened into suspicious contempt for each other. This whole saga began last week when the FBI arrested Russian spies and charged them with conspiring to act as secret agents, money laundering, and host of other charges. The defendants were accused of living seemingly ordinary lives in America while they acted as unregistered agents for the Russian government, sending secret messages and carrying out orders they received from their Russian Contacts.
This whole episode reminds everyone who lived through the Cold War and remember the contentious nature between the two countries. Are we heading back to those days or are we entering a different period in relations?
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