Spy thriller on Greece’s northern borders comes to light just 24 hours after it was revealed Maria Zalla in the center of Athens.

A report on SKAI TV reveals that the case unfolded in August last year, and its protagonists are Russians arrested by the Albanian authorities.

In particular, the prosecutor’s office detained at a former military facility in the city of Grams. two citizens of Russia And young Ukrainian for espionage.

“It looks like they were very well coordinated, coming from different parts of the border, they met in Tirana and went together to the city of Grams,” reports Fiona Maidinia journalist for the Global Initiative, and adds: “The guards saw them and chased them to stop them, and when one of the three was chasing them, a Russian sprayed pepper spray or some other nerve agent on the guards.”

The same information states that the details of the case have been kept secret for the last few months by EMP officers in order to clarify the activities of Russian spies in Greece and the Balkans.

“The Russian was detained, during interrogation he confessed to the Albanian police that “yes, I am a Russian spy,” reports the Global Initiative journalist.

Their lawyer emphasizes that so far there has been no evidence that its leaders collected and distributed classified information materials. “They are waiting for forensics to find out if they have collected secrets and if there is classified information on their electronic equipment, computers, drones and mobile phones,” emphasizes their lawyer.

A few weeks ago, Moscow sent a request for her extradition. one of the three defendants, demanding her return to Russia under the pretext that she is wanted for spying against the country. “Svetlana Timofeeva is accused of spying for Russia in Albania, and Russia is accusing her of spying for foreign, Western powers,” says lawyer Isuf Shehu.

A pair of Russian spies arrested in December in Slovenia also operated in the Balkans.

Slovenian journalist, Novica Mihaylovich, who opened the question, emphasized: “They worked in the Balkan region and the countries of the former Yugoslavia. I heard about Croatia and Bosnia, maybe I’m not quite sure about Serbia either. They traveled a lot in these places.”

According to information, cooperation between Western intelligence agencies led to the disclosure of a spy network not only in Ljubljana, but also in Athens.

“The threads were carried over from somewhere else, I would say from the Western intelligence community. This is not something that our own service could achieve alone,” says Mr. Mihajlovic.