lot of things that the russians are interested in, technology being one, the russians are heavily involved in espionage in japan for the same reason, but, there are also things that are going on within or country as well, the new nuclear arms control treaty that was has been put together called new start and those are the focus of the russian espionage, and you have also got interest in our foreign policy situations, in iraq and afghanistan, the russians are very interested in what we are doing in both of those places and they are happy about it, because we are expending personnel and resources in both areas and they are happy to see us there. they are also concerned about what our policies are towards israel and iran, so there are a lot of things that the russians are interested in, technology being one of them, tops the list and the russians, they really don t have the technological advancement they wish they did, i was just there a couple of years ago, and, you know, it is