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Russia envoy denies link to suspected spy

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November 24, 2006|From Times Wire Reports

Russia's ambassador dismissed suggestions that a man arrested on espionage charges was a Russian agent, saying, "I don't run a spy shop here."

Ambassador Georgy Mamedov told CBC Newsworld that he didn't "see anything that pins him to our door."


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The man identified as Paul William Hampel was taken into custody Nov. 14 by the Canada Border Services Agency.

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