Russia envoy denies link to suspected spy
From Times Wire Reports
Russia’s ambassador dismissed suggestions that a man arrested on espionage charges was a Russian agent, saying, “I don’t run a spy shop here.”
Ambassador Georgy Mamedov told CBC Newsworld that he didn’t “see anything that pins him to our door.”
The man identified as Paul William Hampel was taken into custody Nov. 14 by the Canada Border Services Agency.
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