Russian spy ship has been 'eavesdropping' off the US East Coast for a MONTH

• Russian Vishnya-class Viktor Leonov has been operating beyond U.S. territorial waters near Kings Bay nuclear submarine base in Georgia
  
  
• Ship was also spotted near U.S. Naval Station in Mayport, Florida
  
  
• The CCB-175 boat measuring 300 feet long and 47.5 feet wide docked in Havana, Cuba, in February

By Snejana Farberov

A Russian intelligence-gathering ship accompanied by a tugboat has been roaming the waters off the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico for the past month, the Pentagon revealed Thursday.


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Agency spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson said the Russian vessels Viktor Leonov and Nikolay Chiker have been operating beyond American territorial seas near the coast of Cuba.

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