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 or other foreign special services.
He also noted that the level of Russia's espionage activity last year was not very different from that in 2015, and in general can be estimated as average.
The Constitutional Protection Bureau is a non-military state security institution of Latvia, which is the main body for conducting reconnaissance and counter-intelligence functions, as well as protecting the secrets of NATO and the EU.
Earlier it was reported that the Deputy Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania suspected in relations with the Russian Federation had resigned.