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Lithuanian president would not comment on Russia’s spy claim
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday refused to comment on Russia‘s claim that it had detained a Lithuanian military intelligence officer. […]
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Russia’s in spy catching game, former Lithuanian security chief says
The report on the detention of a Lithuanian intelligence officer in Russia is a response to the arrest of a Russian citizen, suspected of spying for the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), in Lithuania, says Mečys Laurinkus, former chief of the Lithuanian State Security Department. […]
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Russia claims to have caught Lithuanian spy
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. […]
Defence
Spying suspect tells court Belarusian agent was interested in US planes landing in Vilnius
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. […]
Defence
Minister Linkevičius: Russia’s spying in Lithuania shouldn’t surprise anyone
Nobody should be surprised over Russia spying in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Defence
Edward Lucas: Prosecuting spies “has a good deterrence effect”
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. […]
Defence
Lithuania detains suspected Russian spy
A Russian citizen has been detained in Lithuania on the suspicion of spying, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Monday. […]
Society
Spying case: Belarusian KGB agent used to live in Lithuania, witness says
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. […]
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Suspected Lithuanian spy arrested for three months
Vilnius City District Court on Wednesday sanctioned arrest of a Lithuanian army officer suspected of spying and another person he provided information to. […]
Defence
Many Russian spies are operating in Lithuania, expert says
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. […]
Defence
Suspected spy served in Lithuanian Air Force base that houses NATO mission
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. […]
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Russian spies return to Europe in ‘New Cold War’
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. […]
Defence
Lithuanian special services made attempts to re-recruit people who spied for Belarus
After identifying persons who spied for Belarus, Lithuania’s special services attempted, unsuccessfully, to re-recruit them, says the State Security Department‘s Director General Gediminas Grina. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army paramedic charged with spying
A Lithuanian national, who served as a paramedic in the country’s Armed Forces, has been charged with spying against the state. The criminal case was handed to court on Wednesday, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said. […]
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