“In Latvia, a 72-year-old Russian man was sentenced to 8 years in prison for espionage in favor of the Russian Federation. A court in Riga sentenced a 72-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation to 8 years in prison for espionage in favor of Russia. Explosives and ammunition were found in the convict’s garage.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that the man’s name is not specified. The agency calls him a former Soviet officer who, after being discharged from the armed forces of the USSR, stayed to live in Latvia.
According to the indictment, the Russian collected publicly available information about political processes in Latvia, critical infrastructure and military facilities on the outskirts of the Riga airport, including monitoring the area near the location of the 17th battalion of the National Guard.
The man passed the information he received to a representative of Russian intelligence during personal meetings in Kaliningrad for a long time, the prosecutor’s office said. During the search of his garage, security forces found 136 cartridges, a 975-gram hexane briquette, and four TNT briquettes with a total weight of almost 760 grams.
We will remind
Sweden is preparing constitutional changes to revoke citizenship for espionage and threats to state security. The changes will affect persons with dual citizenship and those who obtained it fraudulently.