Russian Foreign Intelligence Service refuses to comment on detention of suspected Russian spies in The Hague in spring

MOSCOW. Sept 14 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has declined to comment on reports alleging that two Russian agents were detained in the Netherlands back in spring on suspicion of collecting intelligence about a chemical lab in Switzerland.

"We don't comment on these reports," SVR spokesperson Sergei Ivanov told Interfax.