espionage

President Gitanas Nauseda has granted pardons to two Russian citizens jailed in Lithuania for espionage, opening the wat for a prisoner swap with Moscow.

Lithuania and Russia have agreed on an exchange of people convicted of espionage, well-informed sources have confirmed to BNS.

The governments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania face an increasingly large espionage threat from the Russian Federation. Naturally, this threat includes the introduction or recruitment of Russian agents to engage in classical espionage activities like ferreting out classified information from gover...

A Šiauliai court on Tuesday convicted former Lithuanian army officer and a Russian citizen on spying charges.

A Šiauliai court on Friday finished hearings in an espionage trial of a former Lithuanian officer and a Russian citizen whom prosecutors want sentenced to six and 13 years in prison, respectively.

Sergey Moiseyenko, a 66-year-old espionage suspect on trial in Lithuania, concealed his Russian citizenship from Lithuanian institutions. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian citizen Aristidas Tamošaitis, who has been sentenced in Russia for spying, wants to serve the 12-year sentence in Lithuania.

The Estonian Internal Security Service (KAPO) has informed NATO about suspicions that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) spotted in the country's territory over the last couple of years might have been sent and controlled by Russian special forces.

A court in Russia's Kaliningrad region has found Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen, guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday.

A Vilnius court on Friday sentenced Andrey Osurkov, a former paramedic of Lithuania's Armed Forces, to three years in prison for spying for Belarus.

Vilnius County Court found former employee of state enterprise Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) Romualdas Lipskis guilty of espionage.

Four attempts by foreign services to recruit officers of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service were documented in 2015, the service said on Friday.

A Vilnius court on Thursday finished hearing witness testimonies and published case materials in the trial of former army paramedic Andrey Oshurkov who is suspected of spying for Belarus.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has contacted the Lithuanian citizen who has been arrested in Moscow on spying charges, Aristidas Tamošaitis. According to the ministry, the Lithuanian national is feeling well and does not want his Russian state-appointed lawyer replaced.

Lithuania's consul to Russia should on Friday meet with the Lithuanian citizen detained in Moscow on spying charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

The Lithuanian citizen held in custody in Moscow on the suspicion of spying has received a visit from human rights organizations.

Russian officers have formally charged Lithuania citizen Aristidas Tamošaitis with espionage. He is currently being held under arrest in Moscow.

Romuald Lipskij, former employee of Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) state company who is charged with spying for Belarus, on Friday finished giving testimony to a Vilnius court.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday refused to comment on Russia's claim that it had detained a Lithuanian military intelligence officer.