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5th December 2010, 09:51
My Commons aide isn't a Russian spy, says MP as 25-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of espionage
An MP today denied his Russian assistant was a spy after security services arrested her on suspicion of espionage.
Home Secretary Theresa May had approved the removal of Katia Zatuliveter after being briefed by MI5 about her alleged activities, according to the Sunday Times.
Ms Zatuliveter, was working for Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock, who confirmed that she had been taken into detention and was fighting deportation from the UK.
The 25-year-old held a House of Commons pass and underwent security vetting before taking up her position.
She was reported to have been arrested by police and Border Agency officials last week and is understood to be being held at a secure facility awaiting deportation to Russia.
A source said: 'Her presence here is not considered conducive to national security. There was unhappiness about what she could have access to.
'The intention is to show her the door.'
The newspaper claimed that she was suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335814/My-aide-isnt-Russian-spy-says-Lib-Dem-MP-arrested-faces-deportation.html#ixzz17EHssHgn
An MP today denied his Russian assistant was a spy after security services arrested her on suspicion of espionage.
Home Secretary Theresa May had approved the removal of Katia Zatuliveter after being briefed by MI5 about her alleged activities, according to the Sunday Times.
Ms Zatuliveter, was working for Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock, who confirmed that she had been taken into detention and was fighting deportation from the UK.
The 25-year-old held a House of Commons pass and underwent security vetting before taking up her position.
She was reported to have been arrested by police and Border Agency officials last week and is understood to be being held at a secure facility awaiting deportation to Russia.
A source said: 'Her presence here is not considered conducive to national security. There was unhappiness about what she could have access to.
'The intention is to show her the door.'
The newspaper claimed that she was suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335814/My-aide-isnt-Russian-spy-says-Lib-Dem-MP-arrested-faces-deportation.html#ixzz17EHssHgn