Russia surprised by 'crude, clumsy' US spying He said Nikolai Patrushev, the Russian national security chief, would travel to the US later this month, possibly carrying a message from Mr Putin to President Barack Obama. Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin's spokesman added: "It (the attempted recruitment) does not contribute to the future process of strengthening mutual trust between Russia and the United States and putting our relations on a new level." Michael McFaul, America's ambassador to Moscow, was called in for a dressing down at Russia's foreign ministry over Mr Fogle's actions. Russian media reported on Wednesday that Mr Fogle may have been trying to get information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the deceased Boston Marathon bomber who had roots in the violence-stricken republics of Chechnya and Dagestan. Mr Fogle was likely trying to capitalise on new contacts made between the US and Russian secret services after an American team visited Dagestan last month, according to Kommersant newspaper. The FSB has said the person he tried to recruit was an experienced Russian counter-terrorism "warrior" focusing on the North Caucasus Islamist insurgency. State television released fresh details of the sting, including a recording of the alleged US spy apparently talking into a telephone and offering his target a large sum of money. A voice, speaking in accented Russian, can be clearly heard saying: "I think it's worth meeting today, it's not possible tomorrow, only today ... it's worth it, as I said, you can earn up to $1 million." Mr Fogle was later wrestled to the ground by "the Object" - the man he was trying to recruit - as they met at midnight in a Moscow suburb, reports claimed. The seemingly hapless Mr Fogle was shown on television dressed in a blond wig, and said to be carrying a "spy kit" including a spare wig, a compass, a Moscow map, a torch, several pairs of glasses and two penknives. He was also allegedly in possession of a letter offering a $1m yearly retainer for sending unspecified information to US handlers. In a further development, an FSB officer appeared on state television in silhouette with his voice distorted to claim the US had ignored warnings to stop spying after a different CIA operative was ejected from the country in January. "In the last two years, we have seen persistent attempts by the CIA to recruit employees of Russia's law enforcement agencies," the officer said. For similar activities, a member of the American 'rezidentura' [espionage team] was deported in January and we asked our American colleagues to stop bothering Russian citizens. Nonetheless, they did not listen.