Swedish Security Service: One third of Russian diplomats in Sweden are spies
The Dagens Nyheter newspaper stated that according to the annual report of the Sakerhetspolisen, the Swedish Security Services or SAPO, one third of Russian diplomats in Sweden are spies. Russia has a number of espionage agents, some of whom are registered in the Swedish Foreign Ministry as diplomats.
"As a rule, they are working for the military intelligence service GRU or its civilian equivalent, the Foreign Intelligence Service," the report said. At present time Russia has 37 accredited diplomats in Sweden.
SAPO recalls that in the summer of 2015 an employee of the Russian embassy in Stockholm was forced to leave the country in connection with activities that did not conform to the Vienna Convention. In response, Russia sent away an employee of the Swedish Embassy.
SAPO claims that Russian agents are a threat to Swedish society and to the military facilities of the state. Dagens Nyheter also made mention of another report by Sweden's military intelligence, which asserted that some unknown detainees in military facilities had behaved aggressively towards the state. Military intelligence did not specify the nationality of those detainees.