MI5 employees impersonate Russian citizens to catch a spy
Washington, February 14, 2023, 10:52 am — REGNUM A security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin was accused of spying for Russia. Writes about it Bloomberg.
According to the publication, a 58-year-old security guard who worked at the British Embassy in Berlin pleaded guilty to violations of the British law on state secrets.
According to law enforcement officials, the defendant sent a letter to the military personnel of the Russian Embassy in Berlin, which contained confidential documents.
It is noted that the British security service learned about the letter and organized a special operation to capture the suspect. They recruited “agents provocateurs” who called themselves “Dmitry” and “Irina”, one of them posed as a Russian citizen, the other as a Russian military intelligence officer.
It is specified that the suspect was extradited from Germany, he was charged in April 2022.
The case file states that the ex-guard expressed support for the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and held anti-Western and anti-NATO views.
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