Russia
- Mikhail Shein
- Leonid Eitingon circa 1953
- Igor Sutyagin (2004) - 15 years for espionage for USA. Exchanged for Russian spies in 2010.
- Valentin Danilov - 14 years for espionage for China
- Aleksandar Georgijevic October, 2009 - FSB claims Aleksandar gathered sensitive information for USA agents. Light sentence due to confession.
- Dzhemal Nakaidze October, 2009 - Russian soldier, convicted of spying for Georgia. Light sentence due to confession (9 years of imprisonment instead of 12 to 20 years listed in the Criminal Code of Russia).
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