The group was accused of trying to gain information on American nuclear weapons, foreign policy and politics for the SVR -- Russia's foreign intelligence service.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

policy toward the island. "The view from Havana is that U.S.classified information is a commodity to be bought,sold and traded to anyone that can come up with the right offer,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

"Right now we have a lack of information on this so that first we have a policy to make our customer know - not something like gambling - it's very dangerous for them so that we have to make a seminar for customers first."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21