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Russia holds TNK-BP employee for ‘spying’

By Catherine Belton in Moscow

Published: March 20 2008 16:25 | Last updated: March 20 2008 16:25

The diplomatic row between Russia and the UK threatened to spill over into the business sector on Thursday after Russia’s security service said it had detained an employee of TNK-BP, BP’s Russian oil joint venture, for spying.

Only one day after police raided BP’s Moscow office and those of TNK-BP, Russia’s Federal Security Service said it had detained two brothers, one of whom worked at TNK-BP, for industrial espionage.

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