MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's main security service has completed about 60 cases against Russians, foreigners and firms that were interested in technologies for the production of weapons of mass destruction, a senior official said Friday.
"We have completed about 60 cases against 30 Russians, foreign citizens and firms that were interested in such information or tried to obtain access to it," said Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service's economic security strategic department.
In particular, Bortnikov said that during a joint Russian-U.S. security operation, operatives arrested an Iranian-born U.S. citizen attempting to receive sensitive information about the development of nuclear weapons.
Also, a joint effort involving security services of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and the U.S. led to the arrest of a Russian citizen who was trying to smuggle 160 grams of enriched uranium out of Russia, the official said.
