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Russia claims to have caught Lithuanian spy

May 20, 2015 BNS 0

Russia‘s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had detained a Lithuanian intelligence officer. Lithuanian officials have not provided any comment on the report. […]

Spying suspect tells court Belarusian agent was interested in US planes landing in Vilnius

May 8, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian citizen Romuald Lipskij, a former employee of state company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation), accused of spying for Belarus, says Sergey Kurulenko, an agent of the Chief Intelligence Board of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff, wanted to know the numbers of US planes landing in Vilnius Airport. […]

Minister Linkevičius: Russia’s spying in Lithuania shouldn’t surprise anyone

May 5, 2015 BNS 0

Nobody should be surprised over Russia spying in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]

Edward Lucas: Prosecuting spies “has a good deterrence effect”

May 4, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s decision to publicly prosecute foreign spies is a good deterrence measure, reflecting the attitude towards Russia as a hostile country, says Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russian spies. […]

Lithuania detains suspected Russian spy

May 4, 2015 BNS 0

A Russian citizen has been detained in Lithuania on the suspicion of spying, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Monday. […]

Spying case: Belarusian KGB agent used to live in Lithuania, witness says

March 5, 2015 BNS 0

The Belarusian KGB agent, Sergey Kurulenko, who collected information in Lithuania used to live in the Baltic country and even graduated from a school here. His mother and sister also live in Lithuania, it emerged during a hearing of Vilnius Regional Court on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian court hears first witness testimonies in Belarusian spying case

February 6, 2015 BNS 0

A Vilnius court on Friday heard the first witnesses in the Belarusian spying case. The first witness was an employee of the Trakai Tourism Association, Violeta Karpičienė, who was in contact with Belarusian KGB agent Sergey Kurulenko suspected of collecting information in Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian spying suspect pleads not guilty

January 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian citizen Romualdas Lipskis, former employee of Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) suspected of spying, tells the court he is not guilty. […]

Suspected Lithuanian spy arrested for three months

January 1, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius City District Court on Wednesday sanctioned arrest of a Lithuanian army officer suspected of spying and another person he provided information to. […]

Many Russian spies are operating in Lithuania, expert says

December 31, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

A lot of Russian spies are operating in Lithuania, so it’s likely that the recently-detained Lithuanian Air Force officer worked for Moscow, says Marius Laurinavičius, an analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre. […]

Lietuvos karinių oro pajėgų bazė Šiauliuose

Suspected spy served in Lithuanian Air Force base that houses NATO mission

December 31, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian soldier detained on the suspicion of spying served in the Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai, which accommodates the NATO air policing mission, the base’s commander Lieutenant Colonel Vidmantas Raklevičius confirmed on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian army officer detained for alleged spying

December 31, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuanian prosecutors have detained several individuals suspected of spying for a foreign government. One of the suspects is an officer of the Lithuanian Army. […]

Russian spies return to Europe in ‘New Cold War’

December 12, 2014 Elisabeth Braw 0

Earlier this month, experts convened in Brussels for a conference titled ‘The Second Cold War: Heating Up?’ Even among the plethora of current ‘New Cold War’ themed events, this one stood out: the organiser, Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka, has been accused of being a Russian agent of influence – a spy. […]

State Security Department's Director General Gediminas Grina

Belarus has always been and will remain Russia‘s military ally, despite Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko‘s recent statements about Russia’s continuing aggression in Ukraine, says Vytis Jurkonis, a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. […]

Edward Lucas: Belarus is spying individually and acting as Russia’s proxy

November 11, 2014 BNS 0

Belarus is spying in Lithuania both individually and is also acting as a proxy for Russia, claims British journalist Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russia’s spying. […]