A senior French military officer stationed at a NATO base has been indicted and detained on suspicion of spying for Russia, local media and legal ...
31 Aug 2020 07:11AMPARIS: A senior French military officer stationed at a NATO base has been indicted and detained on suspicion of spying for Russia, local media and legal sources said on Sunday .AdvertisementThe French army officer was stationed abroad, a legal source said confirming details from Europe 1 radio. According to the report, the soldier was stationed on a NATO base in Italy and is suspected of espionage on behalf of Russia.
She added that the French authorities had taken"all necessary protective measures" to ensure that the justice system can now do its job without compromising state secret.The French armed forces ministry said it had offered its"full cooperation" on the matter to the judicial authorities. He speaks Russian and was seen in Italy with a man identified as an agent of the GRU, the Russian military intelligence service, the report said.According to the French security and defence blog"Mamouth", the suspect was based in Naples, which hosts the main NATO site in Italy.
Such spying accusations are rare but not unknown in the French military, with Russia and the former Soviet Union the main beneficiaries.
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