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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/spyaccused-aide-sure-over-appeal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="MP Mike Hancock has denied his Russian assistant is a spy and insists she has 'nothing to hide'" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-spyaccused-aide-sure-over-appeal.jpg" alt="MP Mike Hancock has denied his Russian assistant is a spy and insists she has 'nothing to hide'"/></a></p>
<p>An MP&#8217;s assistant arrested over suspicions she has been spying for Russia said she is &#8220;absolutely sure&#8221; she will win an appeal against deportation.</p>
<p>In her first public remarks, Katia Zatuliveter claimed she had been kept in the dark about why she was being kicked out of the UK.</p>
<p>Russian Miss Zatuliveter, 25, has been working for Liberal Democrat backbencher Mike Hancock for two-and-a-half years.</p>
<p>She was arrested on Thursday morning and is being held at an immigration detention centre.</p>
<p>In an email to BBC Russian, Miss Zatuliveter said: &#8220;I was arrested on Thursday at 7am and was told I would be deported. Nobody explained me why and this is my main concern.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was not told about the arrangement of the flight. I am in the process of appealing against the deportation and absolutely sure I will win it (if there is justice).&#8221;</p>
<p>Miss Zatuliveter broke her silence amid concerns in Westminster that an alleged spy had been able to work undetected in the House of Commons for so long.</p>
<p>However, Mr Hancock stood by her, insisting she had &#8220;nothing to hide&#8221; and challenging the security services to produce evidence against her.</p>
<p>Miss Zatuliveter underwent security vetting before becoming a House of Commons pass-holder and taking up her position as a full-time assistant two-and-a-half years ago.</p>
<p>Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted the Government was &#8220;vigilant&#8221; about such cases. &#8220;I think the fact that we are attending to a case like this shows that where we have concerns we do take action and I think that is the right way of approaching it,&#8221; he said.</p>
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