>Swedish prosecutors on Friday indicted two brothers for gross espionage on behalf of Russia, saying the alleged crime could be detrimental to the Nordic country’s security.
>The men, aged 42 and 35, have been detained since last year and have previously denied all allegations. Their lawyer could not be immediately reached for comment on Friday.
>The two men are suspected of having provided Russian intelligence agency GRU with classified information for a decade, starting in 2011.
>One of the brothers have worked for the Swedish Security Police and the Armed Forces during the period, according to court documents.
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Updated 11 November 2022 12:14 GMT+1.
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>Swedish prosecutors on Friday indicted two brothers for gross espionage on behalf of Russia, saying the alleged crime could be detrimental to the Nordic country’s security.
>The men, aged 42 and 35, have been detained since last year and have previously denied all allegations. Their lawyer could not be immediately reached for comment on Friday.
>The two men are suspected of having provided Russian intelligence agency GRU with classified information for a decade, starting in 2011.
>One of the brothers have worked for the Swedish Security Police and the Armed Forces during the period, according to court documents.
>^Reporting ^by ^Johan ^Ahlander; ^editing ^by ^Anna ^Ringstrom ^and ^Angus ^MacSwan
Reuters
This reminds me of Arne Treholt, the Norwegian who was imprisoned for Soviet espionage in 1984 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
He was pardoned in 1992 and moved to Russia, and then to Cyprus.