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Lithuania detains three persons suspected of spying for Russia
Three citizens of Lithuania have been detained for selling information about military and strategic facilities of the Baltic republic to Russian special services, reported Lrytas news agency.
The suspects were detained in connection with two separate pre-trial investigations.
The first investigation concerns a civilian employee of the Šiauliai Military Base, who previously served in the Lithuanian Air Force, as well as a citizen of Lithuania with a residence permit in a foreign country.
The …
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Russian citizen in Lithuania sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage
Russian citizen Nikolai Filipchenko has been sentenced by the district court of Vilnius (Lithuania) to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage, Delfi news agency reports.
According to investigators, Filipchenko, who was detained in Lithuania in 2015, is an employee of the Russian FSB.
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office detained him on a transit train during a trip through Lithuania from the Kaliningrad region to Belarus. The Russian citizen, according to the Prosecutor's Office, …
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Poroshenko describes his last conversation with Putin
Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko said that he spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the arrest of Roman Sushchenko. The Ukrinform journalist is accused of espionage by the Russian authorities.
“My last phone call with Putin had to do with Ukrainian citizens who are being held in Russian prisons. In particular, we spoke about the release of Roman Sushchenko… As a result of these negotiations, it was arranged for Roman’s family to meet with him in the prison,” …
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Russian citizen in Estonia sentenced to five years prison for espionage
The Harju County Court in Estonia sentenced Artem Zinchenko, a Russian citizen residing in the Baltic republic, to five years of imprisonment on charges of espionage for Russia. This was reported by ERR news agency.
According to the report, Zinchenko was found guilty of crimes against Estonia. According to the charges, Zinchenko was recruited by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (formerly GRU) in 2009. Between 2013 and 2017, he allegedly …
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Russian intelligence agent deported from US
The United States deported Evgeny Buryakov, a Russian convicted of espionage who spent more than two years in American prison, Radio Svoboda reports.
42 year-old Buryakov worked for several years in the US at the New York branch of Vnesheconombank, while engaging in economic espionage for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)
Buryakov collaborated with two other SVR agents, Igor Sporyshev and Viktor Podobny, who worked at the Russian Trade Delegation and the Russian Mission to the UN. …
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Security Service of Ukraine discloses account of surrendered Russian spy
Officials of the Security Service disclosed an attempt by Russian special services to recruit a resident of the Luhansk region, who worked in Russia.
According to the Security Service’s press service, the Ukrainian came to the attention of Russian special forces in late 2016 during an illegal stay in Russia.
“The man was unofficially employed in a company, and this fact was used to pressure him and coerce him to go against the interests of Ukraine,” the Security Service noted.
After the man …
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Latvian Special Services accuse Russia of cyber-espionage
Russia conducted cyber espionage against individual Latvian politicians, journalists and government agencies in 2016, said the Chief of the Latvian Constitutional Protection Bureau, Janis Maizitis. He spoke about this after a report to the Latvian government on the results of the Bureau's work, reports Delfi.
According to Maizitis, the Bureau has no information that, as a result of the espionage, there could be information on Latvia containing state secrets that is at the disposal of Russian …
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Security Service of Ukraine: Russian espionage ring was uncovered in Odessa
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and military counterintelligence announced the detention of several members of a Russian spy ring in Odessa, as reported by the press service of the SBU.
As counterintelligence states, the leader and coordinator of the group is a Ukrainian citizen. She was trained in the annexed Crimea, and participated in the events at Kulikovo Field on May 2, 2014.
"The detention of all active members of the group in Odessa was carried out during a transfer of important …
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An ex-serviceman and a Russian citizen were convicted of spying in Lithuania
On Tuesday, the Siauliai District Court found a former Lithuanian Armed Forces officer and a Russian citizen guilty of espionage.
Russian citizen Sergey Moiseenko was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison; he was also convicted of the unlawful disposal of a large quantity of ammunition and explosives, as well as combat grenades.
Former Lithuanian Air Force officer, Sergei Pusin was sentenced to five years in prison for espionage, as reported to BNS (Baltic News Service) by the court’ …