Russia arrests Romanian suspected of spying for Ukraine

Russia’s information services connected Friday said they had arrested a Romanian national connected suspicion of spying connected subject sites for Ukraine.

Ties betwixt the 2 countries person travel nether expanding strain successful caller months pursuing allegations that Russia interfered successful Romania’s statesmanlike election.

In a statement, the FSB information bureau said it had arrested a Romanian national calved successful 2002 who was progressive successful quality activities connected behalf of the Ukrainian peculiar services.

According to the agency, the fishy had collected and transmitted accusation astir the locations of aerial defence systems successful the metropolis of Sochi.

State media published an FSB video showing a antheral being pushed to the crushed and arrested by 2 FSB officers successful camouflage.

In a filmed interrogation with his look blurred, the suspect, speaking English, said helium had sent accusation astir the determination of a Russian aerial defence artillery helium had seen to a elder Ukrainian quality serviceman called Vladimir.

Meanwhile, some countries person expelled diplomats and subject attaches successful caller weeks, with Russia denying allegations of predetermination interference.

Moscow was accused of being down a monolithic societal media propulsion to get little-known EU and NATO professional Calin Georgescu elected president of Romania.

Romanian authorities threw retired the results of the archetypal circular of past year’s statesmanlike predetermination aft Georgescu topped the polls, boosted by a immense societal media run promoting his candidacy.