Russian diplomatic missions abroad will help the children of the Russian citizens convicted of spying in the United States return to their parents, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"Russian diplomatic missions abroad are monitoring the situation and they will provide what assistance they can in resolving issues related to the return of the children of Russian citizens, accused in the U.S. of espionage," the source said.
Earlier, the U.S. side said it would not create obstacles to the return of the children to their parents in Russia.
Ten people were arrested by U.S. law enforcement on June 27 on suspicion of being part of an espionage ring spying for Russia. An 11th suspect was detained on June 29 in Cyprus, but reports next day said police on the island were looking for him after he apparently skipped bail.
Among the accused, are four married couples with a total of seven children.
The 17-year-old son of Vicky Pelaez and Mikhail Vasenkov, who had been known as Juan Lazaro from Uruguay, is expected to stay in the United States with his 38-year-old half-brother, Pelaez's son from a previous marriage.
Mikhail Kutsik and Natalia Pereverzeva, who were known as Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills, began soon after their arrest to make arrangements for their two children, aged 1 and 3, to go to Russia.
It is not clear what will happen to the other four children, the 7- and 11-year-old daughters of Vladimir and Lydia Guryev (Richard and Cynthia Murphy) and the 16- and 20-year-old sons of Andrei Bezrukov and Yelena Vavilova (Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley).
MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti)
