US, Russian planes exchange 14 spies in Vienna, take off for home

US, Russian planes exchange spies in Vienna

VIENNA — U.S. and Russian flights believed to be carrying candidates for a 14-person spy swap landed briefly in Vienna, apparently exchanged agents, then took off again in the largest such diplomatic dance since the Cold War.

A Russian government plane apparently departed with 10 agents deported from the U.S., while the U.S. plane that brought them in from New York left with four Russians who had confessed to spying for the West.