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Sooviksin akfide nägemust kas kolumnisti haigus on ägenenud või pigem Eestile ja Soomele vaenuliku mõjuagendi tegevus?

A British man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for Russia.

German federal prosecutors said the man - named only as David S - worked at the British embassy in Berlin.

He allegedly passed documents to Russian intelligence "at least once" in exchange for an "unknown amount" of money.

He was arrested in Potsdam outside Berlin on Tuesday and his home and workplace have been searched.

A spokesman for Germany's foreign ministry quoted by AFP news agency said Berlin was taking the case "very seriously", and said spying by "a close alliance partner on German soil is unacceptable".

The arrest was the result of a joint UK-German investigation, the statement read.

It was intelligence-led and had been going on for some time leading up to the arrest, the BBC's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera says. MI5 and other UK agencies, as well as British police, had been working with the Germans to learn as much as they could about the alleged activity.

London's Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of a 57-year-old British national in Germany, as well as the involvement of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.

German authorities are in charge of the investigation, but officers will continue to work with German counterparts, the police said.

The man is due to appear before an investigating judge on Wednesday.

Prosecutors said he was hired as a local staff member at the embassy.

An investigation is under way to establish if a deep-sea vessel caught engaging in unauthorised undersea works off the south coast was targeting a cable on behalf of the Russian military.

The Defence Forces have stepped up maritime surveillance off the south coast after a naval patrol found a large ship engaged in underwater activities close to a cable that carries internet traffic between Europe and America. The vessel was discovered 170 nautical miles off the coast, within Ireland’s exclusive economic zone, in late July. The navy reported its presence to the Coast Guard and Defence Forces headquarters.

Russia's secretive special survey ship Yantar raises eyebrows when she appears off Western shores. She has previously been noted conducting operations off Syria, in the Persian Gulf and off Americas. And elsewhere. Now she is off the coast of Ireland, loitering in the vicinity of underwater internet cables.

Yantar took up a stationary position between two undersea internet cables on Tuesday morning. According to AIS (automated identification system) positions collected by MarineTraffic.com, the ship moved into a position between the cables around 4am local time. She has remained there for most of Wednesday before resuming her journey southwest.

In the hours before stopping, it had altered course to run parallel to the expected route of the Celtic Norse undersea cable. The other nearby cable is the AEConnect-1 which runs between Ireland and the United States. It is possible that there is additional underwater infrastructure in the vicinity.

More AIS-spoofing ongoing since yesterday, this time off Klaipeda.

Rootsi kohus mõistis kolmapäeval kolmeks aastaks vangi tehnoloogiakonsultandi, kes müüs Venemaale tundlikku informatsiooni veokitootja Scania kohta.

Konsultant vahistati 2019. aasta veebruaris Stockholmis, kui ta oli restoranis kohtumas Vene diplomaadiga, keda peetakse julgeolekutöötajaks.

Ka diplomaat peeti kinni, kuid lasti saadikupuutumatuse tõttu varsti vabaks.

"Kinnipidamise hetkel oli konsultant just vastu võtnud 27 800 krooni (2700 eurot) Moskvale info üleandmise eest," ütles prokurör Mats Ljungqvist veebruaris.

Kohus leidis, et mees kopeeris Scaniat puudutavaid andmeid ebaseaduslikult oma tööarvutist isiklikku arvutisse ja seejärel USB mälupulkadele, mille andis üle Vene saatkonna töötajale.

"Suurem osa kohtuistungitest peeti kinniste uste taga, sest need käsitlesid teemasid nagu Rootsi suhted välisriikidega, kaitsevõime, luuretegevus ja ärisaladused," ütles kohus.

hjl85 kirjutas:Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin (EIT) on todennut Venäjän syylliseksi Aleksandr Litvinenkon kuolemaan. Asiasta kertoo BBC.

Litvinenko oli entinen Venäjän vakooja, josta tuli Britannian kansalainen. Hän kuoli poloniumilla toteutettuun myrkytykseen vuonna 2006 Lontoossa.
https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/a96 ... f41e16a001

The FSB has published a list of defense topics that can get Russians labeled as a foreign agent if they collect it including:
-methods of combat training
-moral and psychological climate in the army
-location of units
-forecasts of the strategic situation

Приказ Федеральной службы безопасности Российской Федерации от 28.09.2021 № 379 "Об утверждении Перечня сведений в области военной, военно-технической деятельности Российской Федерации, которые при их получении иностранным государством, его государственными органами, международной или иностранной организацией, иностранными гражданами или лицами без гражданства могут быть использованы против безопасности Российской Федерации"