The Russian security services announced on Monday, September 26 that they had arrested the Japanese consul general based in Vladivostok in the Far East, accused of having wanted to obtain information on cooperation between Moscow and an Asian country.
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A Japanese diplomat was arrested in flagrante delicto while receiving confidential information in exchange for compensation
," the FSB said in a statement quoted by Russian agencies.
Motoki Tatsunori was declared "
persona non grata
" by Moscow, which informed Tokyo, according to the same source.