Georgia arrests 4 Russian citizens on spy charges
Tbilisi: Georgia said on Friday it had dismantled a Russian spy ring, arresting four Russian citizens and nine Georgians two years after the ex-Soviet neighbors fought a brief war. The Georgian Interior Ministry said in a press release that a major counter-intelligence operation had uncovered “several dozen” people working for the main intelligence department of the Russian Defence Ministry, known as GRU. It said Georgia’s intelligence services had planted a former Soviet army officer in GRU, “who gained the trust of Russian military intelligence and started working for this agency as a liaison officer.” The announcement has echoes of a 2006 spy saga between the two countries, when Georgia…
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Georgia arrests 4 Russian citizens on spy charges
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