SVR Russians expert says the quick spy swap will be seen as sign of Moscow weakness . He says it sends the message that there 's no risk for U.S. to spy on the U.S. Coyle : U.S. is right to try to maintain good relations with Russia . Normally , when any intelligence service has a major flap as this was , it would order an immediate stand down of other operations in that country for perhaps several months while it tried to figure out what had gone wrong . Alleged spies should have spent more time behind bars , he says .
SVR Russians expert says the quick spy swap will be seen as sign of Moscow weakness . He says it sends the message that there 's no risk for U.S. to spy on the U.S. Coyle : U.S. is right to try to maintain good relations with Russia . Alleged spies should have spent more time behind bars , he says .