BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/08/2007

Espionage case of alleged Polish agents transferred to Supreme Court of Belarus

Supposed "espionage case" against five citizens accused in espionage in favour of Poland, which was open by the Belarusian KGB in July this year has been transferred to the Supreme Court of Belarus, online paper Newsru.com reports, referring to the press-service of the Supreme Court in Minsk. It is said that the case was started by the military board of judges.

According to the KGB of Belarus, Polish intelligence service was interested in the military strategic objects of Belarus and Russia in the territory of Belarus; they are likely to be interested in deployment and number of the antimissile systems, S-300 in particular, online paper Khartiya'97 writes. It is reported that the head of the "spies' network" was the officer of military air-forces of Belarus Vladimir Russkin, Russian officer Yurenya was also a member of the group. It appeared that the main role in revealing the espionage case belonged to the Russian security services.

In January 2007 Vladimir Russkin was detained on the border for the attempt of secret materials trafficking. Other "members of the spies' network" were also arrested soon after. The detained have been charged with high treason through espionage.

Source:

http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=1362