Lithuania on Monday
alleged that one-third of Russian diplomats in the EU and NATO Baltic state
were working for spy agencies, and warned that Moscow could test the alliance with
unconventional tactics.
Lithuania’s intelligence
agency said it kicked out three Russian spies last year, adding that Moscow was increasingly
interested in the NATO member’s military infrastructure.
“One-third of Russian diplomats working in Lithuania are intelligence agency
officials or are linked with intelligence agencies,” the State Security
Department said in its annual report.
Among those expelled was former consul in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda Vladimir
Malygin, whom Vilnius
identified as a Russia Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) official.
The report said Malygin was …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
