Russian security service detains Ukrainian diplomat

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday detained a Ukrainian diplomat in St. Petersburg, accusing him of obtaining classified information from a Russian national, reported Russian news agency TASS on Saturday, citing the FSB's press office.

"On April 16, the Federal Security Service apprehended Ukrainian diplomat - consul of the Ukrainian General Consulate in St. Petersburg Alexander Sosonyuk red-handed upon receiving classified data from the databases of Russian law-enforcement agencies and the FSB," the press office said in a statement.