When Eston Kohver, an officer with Estonia’s security police KAPO, was detained by Russian FSB agents two years ago and charged with espionage, the outside world was stunned. According to evidence presented by KAPO, the FSB agents had simply seized Kohver from Estonia’s side of the two countries’ shared border. But Russia’s intention, it is now clear, was not to unmask a spy operating in their country. It was to signal to its agents that it leaves no spy behind.With six Russian agents arrested by the Estonians and sentenced to jail, versus none by the Russians, the Russians had to …read more
Source: The American Interest
