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Estonia says it arrests two on suspicion of spying for Russia
Reuters ^ | September 5, 2018 | Anna Ringstrom

Posted on 09/05/2018 10:11:11 AM PDT by BeadCounter

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Estonian security police have detained two Estonian men, one of whom has been working at the Baltic country’s defense forces’ headquarters, on suspicion of spying for Russia, the prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.

The office said they were suspected of passing Estonian and foreign classified information to the Russian Military Intelligence Service (GRU) for more than five years.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: estonia; skripals; spying
Combined with the other arrests in the UK, we will hear twice the denial!
1 posted on 09/05/2018 10:11:11 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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Why is this important news? All of the major powers, and most of the minor ones, spy on each other.


2 posted on 09/05/2018 10:38:12 AM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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The news is they got caught.


3 posted on 09/05/2018 10:40:37 AM PDT by x
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