Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) said Wednesday that it arrested one of its citizens on suspicion of spying for Russia.
Authorities in the Baltic country claimed the Latvian man, who was not identified, had shared the locations and security protocols of Latvian and NATO troops with his contacts inside Russia.
“According to information at VDD’s disposal, the man has also shared other information with the Russian intelligence and security service which could be used against the national security interests of Latvia and other Baltic region states,” the VDD said in a statement.
Authorities launched a criminal investigation. They said the man has been held in custody since late August.
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Authorities in all three of the Baltic countries have in recent years arrested individuals they accuse of spying on behalf of Moscow. An Estonian court last year sentenced Russian political science professor Vyacheslav Morozov to six years in prison on espionage charges.
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