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Russian Spy Ring: Suspect Vanishes in Cyprus

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Was arrested as part of Russian ring.

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Guess he was good at his job? A suspect in the Russian spying ring that the FBI revealed this week has vanished on the island of Cyprus, according to The New York Times. Christopher Metsos, a Canadian, was arrested there on Tuesday and released on bail after surrendering his passport—a move that infuriated American authorities. Metsos has not been heard from since. A Cypriot authority says there are “no indications yet” that he has left the island or crossed over into its northern Turkish sector, which only Turkey recognizes as its own country.

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