BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

15/07/2007

Polish spies uncovered in Belarus

MINSK. July 15 (Interfax) - Officers of the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB) have uncovered Polish intelligence residents, KGB deputy chairman Viktor Vegera said on the air of the Belarusian ONT TV channel on Sunday.

Five people, former soldiers, who were gathering information in interests of Poland's intelligence agencies were detained, the deputy chairmen said, adding that the information dealt with the condition of the joint Russian-Belarusian air defense system.

Spies did not damaged Belarus' defense capacity, Vegera said.

Meanwhile, former servicemen Vladimir Ruskin said that Polish intelligence agencies recruited him in Poland. Polish customs officers found five times as much alcohol as one can carry in his luggage, he said, adding that Polish intelligence agencies proposed him to shut their eyes to the fact if he become a resident in Belarus in turn.

Another suspect, former head of military intelligence at a Belarusian air and missile defense brigade Viktor Bogdan, was detained in his office.

Moreover, one more suspect, a Russian citizen, had already surrendered to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

A criminal case was opened on charges of spying (Part 1 of Article 356 of the Belarusian Criminal Code) against them. The case was taken to court, the TV channel reports. ar

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11790799