welcome to around the world. i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. we begin with rising tensions between the u.s. and russia. why? russian security forces detaining an american diplomat in moscow, accusing him of being a spy. >> they say they caught him red handed trying to recruit a member of russia's special services. phil black is in moscow for us. first of all, this american, he's been detained. now he's been released. what exactly was he accused of, and do we know where he is? >> reporter: well, suzanne, this man, ryan fogel, according to the united states, he works in the embassy as the third secretary of their political department. according to the russians, he works for the cia. they say they caught him red handed in an unconvincing blond wig in the process of trying to recruit some of their own or one of their own, russian special services agents.