BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

17/06/2007

Belarusian KGB Reports Catching Military Spies

Belarusian Television reported on July 15 that the State Security Committee (KGB) has charged four Belarusian citizens and one Russian with spying for Poland. "It was the first time that a spy ring consisting of five agents -- four citizens of the Republic of Belarus and one citizen of the Russian Federation, now former servicemen -- has been detected and fully unmasked," KGB Deputy Chairman Viktar Vyahera told journalists. "The crime of spying has been fully proven and I want to particularly underscore that timely counterintelligence action has foiled an attempt to damage the defense capabilities of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation," Vyahera added. According to Vyahera, the five gathered information about the unified air-defense system of Belarus and Russia. The Belarusians accused of spying were identified as Uladzimir Ruskin, Viktar Bohdan, Karnelyuk, and Pyatkevich, while the Russian was identified as Yurenya. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/07/3-cee/cee-160707.asp

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