By Tom Forrest –
A NATO diplomat claims the Russians were expelled over the case of Herman Simm, who was jailed for treason for handing over over 1,900 pages of information to Russia’s Intelligence Service.
Two Russian diplomats Victor Kochukov and Vasily Chizhov have lost their accreditation to NATO”S headquarters in Brussels. It is not clear how much this will impact relations with Russia. Since Barack Obama has taken office things seemed to be improving however as we have stated in previous articles the long unresolved conflict over proposed missile defense systems remains a major issue and concern of bothe the USA and Russia.
Russia has complained bitterly about NATO’s plan to hold a peacekeeping exercise next month in Georgia. But NATO says Russian officers were invited to take part in the two-week event and Russia is aware the exercise presents no threat.
NATO spokesman James Apparthurai said Thursday he could not confirm whether any diplomat’s accreditation had been withdrawn because he could not comment on intelligence matters.
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May 3, 2009
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has released previously classified files on a double agent who, under the codename “Brittâ€, passed secrets to Moscow from inside British intelligence in the 1940s, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday.
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April 3, 2007
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) stopped the activities of 27 intelligence officers in 2006, and 89 agents of foreign secret services, FSB director Nikolai Patrushev said at a meeting with reporters of Russian media on Tuesday.
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December 19, 2006
An alleged Russian spy who was ordered deported from Canada more than a week ago is still in the country.
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December 13, 2006
Professor Mario Scaramella, 38, who describes himself as a defence consultant, was surrounded by four bodyguards as he arrived for the Rome conference, SkyNews reports. Journalists had been summoned by SMS texts.
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November 22, 2006
A suspected Russian spy has been arrested in Montreal as he was about to board a plane to leave the country, the National Post has learned, capping a Canadian counter-intelligence operation that suggests espionage is alive and well long after the Cold War.
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November 16, 2006
