According to the investigation of the Nordic TV channels, many employees of the Russian embassies in the Nordic countries are connected with the Russian special services.

In a documentary aired today, four TV channels, Sweden’s SVT, Norway’s NRK, Denmark’s DR and Finland’s Yle, named a total of 38 Russian intelligence officers who were said to have worked under diplomatic cover in the Russian embassies in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. .

Seventeen of them are reported to continue to operate in these countries.

“Russian embassies in the Nordic countries are being used as spy points staffed by professional intelligence agents,” DR television reported.

According to the media, 38 names have been confirmed by Western intelligence agencies.

The Norwegian broadcaster NRK has named the consul general of the Russian delegation in Barendsburg in the northern Norwegian archipelago of Spitsbergen as the 39th Russian agent, saying he is linked to Russian military intelligence (GRU).

It is alleged that the intelligence services of the Nordic countries believe that about a third of the employees of Russian embassies are seconded Russian intelligence officers. They work on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin and gather intelligence, technology and influence to give Russia an edge, according to a documentary by a senior Norwegian intelligence official.

Sweden plans to expel five Russian diplomats, SVT TV channel reports. Their activities do not correspond to their diplomatic status, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Bilström said yesterday on the air of the SVT TV channel.

Norway recently expelled 15 Russian diplomats.

Source: APE-MPE, dpa