3 US Diplomats Detained Near Russian Military Test Site

Russian and U.S. state flags fly near a factory of Ford Sollers, a joint venture of U.S. carmaker Ford with Russian partners, in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia, on March 27, 2019. Anton Vaganov/Reuters

Three U.S. diplomats were removed from a train and briefly detained in northwestern Russia near the military test site where at least five workers were killed in August after a mysterious explosion released radiation.

The news was reported by Russian state news agency Interfax, which stated that the three American diplomats were detained on Oct. 14 as they arrived in the city of Severodvinsk, which has a population of 183,000.