New York (AFP) - The FBI eavesdropped on the activities of Russian spies in New York for months with the help of tiny recorders planted in binders purportedly containing trade secrets, US court documents show.

The revelations were made in papers filed by prosecutors on Tuesday in the case of an alleged Russian spy, Evgeny Buryakov, who goes on trial April 4 accused of working undercover for Moscow while masquerading as a New York banker.

Buryakov, who was arrested in January 2015, is accused of working with two other spies, who were attached to the Russian trade and UN missions in New York and have since left the country. He has pleaded not guilty.

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