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Video footages on Russia's state television showed the transmitter was concealed in a fake rock.

    MOSCOW, Jan. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Russia has arrested two spies allegedly working for British intelligence, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.

    "Two British spies have been arrested. Of course they are not silent. They are talking," Nikolai Kovalyov, former chief of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), told Russia's NTV television station in a program that is scheduled to be aired Sunday night, Interfax said.

    But Kovalyov did not specify whether the arrests were related to the "fake rock" affair.

    In London, a Foreign Office spokesman said Britain was seeking more information from the Russian Foreign Ministry on the latest case.

    Last Sunday, Russia's state television broadcast a video footage showing four British embassy officials liaising with a fake rock in which a transmitter was concealed, in a Moscow park, downloading data from the transmitter.

    On Wednesday, Russia's lower house of parliament condemned the support of foreign intelligence services for non-governmental organizations (NGOs)in the country.

    In a statement issued by the State Duma, deputies expressed concern about "the funding of NGOs by individuals engaged in intelligence activities on the territory of Russia, namely some staff members of the British embassy."

    "Such actions undermine trust in NGOs as a generally recognized,important institution of civil society," the statement said. Enditem

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