An Israeli diplomat has left his post in Russia after being accused of "unlawful activities", reports say.
Shmuel Polishuk, the first secretary of Israel's Moscow embassy, was reportedly detained in the city last week.
Russian intelligence agents questioned him on suspicion of spying, Israel's Maariv newspaper reported.
"Shmuel Polishuk was caught red-handed in Moscow," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
"He has already left for home."
After discussions between Russia and Israel, it was decided the diplomat would not be declared persona non grata - the term usually applied to expelled spies - but would have to leave the country, Maariv reported.
A spokesman from the Israeli embassy said the two countries were working to solve what he called a "misunderstanding", dismissing suggestions the diplomat had been expelled on espionage charges, AP reported.
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