US-Russia spy row triggered by the Russian intelligence officials defected - newspaper reports

Russian newspaper said on Thursday, the Russian espionage in the United States, the head of the deep has been betrayed organization, defected to the enemy, this may be the worst since the Cold War intelligence events of the mutiny.
Russian newspaper Kommersant said the man called Shcherbakov Colonel (Colonel Shcherbakov), what he discovered in June this year, the Russian spy network in the United States, leading to the arrest of these agents by the United States, and caused the Russian-US tensions.
If the report is true, Shcherbakov is the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia, one of the highest ranking officials in revolt, which may Illustrious Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and its Secretary, former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov (Mikhail Fradkov) an adverse impact.
The paper said Shcherbakov Russian in the United States had been responsible for "illegal spying" activities, that he is not diplomatic immunity of a deep undercover. Shcherbakov report did not give the full name.
Russian Security Council Deputy Goode Congress Markov (Gennady Gudkov) confirmed the newspaper report on the incident Shcherbakov, said the matter for the Russian intelligence services, a major setback, but a great victory for the United States.
He told Reuters: "This is the image of the Russian intelligence service hit hard."
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service spokesman both declined to comment on newspaper reports.
Kommersant said that U.S. authorities cracked down on June 28 announced that the Russian spy network in a few days ago, Shcherbakov left Russia. The newspaper also quoted officials as saying the Kremlin, Russia has acquired Shcherbakov relevant agencies whereabouts, and has sent to start to kill him.
But others expressed doubts on the matter. Espionage historian Phillip Knightley said that in reading this report, do not forget to smoke the Russian spy agency is good at playing games.
"How could we know this is not cast to the West, a smokescreen to cover up the real traitor, or to the Western spy agencies to create chaos?" He said. (End)