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FBI arrests alleged Russian spies

Anna Chapman in an image taken from the Russian social networking website Odnoklassniki Photograph: Odnoklassniki/AP Photograph: Odnoklassniki/guardian.co.uk Anna Chapman in an image taken from the Russian social networking website Odnoklassniki Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman pictured at a party Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk A Facebook page shows a woman journalist identified as Anna Chapman, who appeared at a hearing in New York federal court Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk Spying suspect Vicky Peláez, a Peruvian-born reporter for a Spanish-language newspaper Photograph: Internet Photograph: guardian.co.uk Mikhail Semenko, one of the alleged Russian spies arrested in the US, pictured outside the White House from his page on Odnoklassniki Photograph: Odnoklassniki Photograph: guardian.co.uk Mikhail Semenko, one of the alleged Russian spies arrested in the US, pictured on Miami beach from his page on the Russian social website Odnoklassniki Photograph: Odnoklassniki Photograph: guardian.co.uk A cameraman in front of 31 Marquette Road in Montclair, New Jersey. The residents of the house, known as 'Richard Murphy' and 'Cynthia Murphy', were arrested by the FBI, alleged to have been part of a Russian spying ring Photograph: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Photograph: Jeff Zelevansky/guardian.co.uk Neighbours are interviewed on Marquette Road in Montclair after the FBI arrested two people at an address on the street Photograph: Rich Schultz/AP Photograph: Rich Schultz/guardian.co.uk Margo Sokolow is interviewed by the media in front of her home on Marquette Road in Montclair, New Jersey. Her neighbours, 'Richard Murphy' and' Cynthia Murphy' were arrested by the FBI Photograph: Rich Schultz/AP Photograph: Rich Schultz/guardian.co.uk Reporters examine the postbox outside the residence of Donald Howard Heathfield and Tracey Lee Ann Foley in Cambridge, Massachusetts Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP Photograph: Charles Krupa/guardian.co.uk The postbox outside the residence of Heathfield and Foley ihas their names listed, along with the term Future Map. Heathfield and Foley were arrested for allegedly serving as secret agents of the Russian government Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP Photograph: Charles Krupa/guardian.co.uk The two-storey residence in Yonkers, New York, where suspected Russian secret agents Vicky Peláez and a defendant known as 'Juan Lazaro' were arrested Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/guardian.co.uk The exterior of the River House apartments in Arlington, Virginia. Two defendants, known as 'Michael Zottoli' and 'Patricia Mills', were arrested here Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/guardian.co.uk Neighbours outside the residence of Donald Howard Heathfield and Tracey Lee Ann Foley in Cambridge, Massachusetts Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP Photograph: Charles Krupa/guardian.co.uk Apartment 15N at 1505 N Quinn St, in Arlington Virginia. Defendant Mikhail Semenko was arrested at this address Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/guardian.co.uk The Albert V Bryan courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/guardian.co.uk A court drawing shows five of the 10 Russian spy suspects in a New York courtroom. They are (left to right) Anna Chapman, Vicky Pelaez, Cynthia Murphy, Richard Murphy and Juan Lazaro Photograph: Shireley Shepard/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Shireley Shepard/guardian.co.uk The intersection of 10th and H Street NW in Washington. According to court papers, an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian agent met Mikhail Semenko at this location Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/guardian.co.uk People walk past a Starbucks outlet on 47th and 8th Avenue in New York. Local media reported the mid town Starbucks was where suspected Russian spy Anna Chapman communicated with Russian officials Photograph: Lily Bowers/Reuters Photograph: Lily Bowers/guardian.co.uk A patron browses at the Barnes and Noble book store on the corner of Warren and Greenwich street in New York. The store was where suspected Anna Chapman communicated with Russian officials Photograph: Lily Bowers/Reuters Photograph: Lily Bowers/guardian.co.uk The office of Travel All Russia LLC on Pershing Drive in Arlington, Virginia, where Michael Semenko, 28, was an employee Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/guardian.co.uk The home of the accused Russian spies Donald Heathfield and his wife, Tracey Foley, and their two teenage sons in Cambridge, Massachusetts Photograph: Adam Hunger/Reuters Photograph: Adam Hunger/guardian.co.uk FBI agents outside 35B Trowbridge Road in Cambridge, Massachusetts, owned by Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley Photograph: Richard Stanley/AP Photograph: Richard Stanley/guardian.co.uk The Achilleos Hotel Apartments in Larnaca, Cyprus, where Christopher Robert Metsos was staying after posting bail as he awaits extradition. He was arrested at Larnaca airport after immigration officers found his name on a stop list Photograph: Andreas Lazarou/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Andreas Lazarou/guardian.co.uk

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