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The Harju County Court in Estonia sentenced two citizens of the country to imprisonment for espionage in favor of Russia. They are the father and son who spied in Estonia for about 10 years
. The convicts worked at the GRU of the Russian Federation. Pyotr Volin, 65, and his 38-year-old son, Denis Metsavas, sentenced the court to 6 and 15 and a half years in prison, reports Postimees.
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The Estonian investigation revealed that Denis Metsavas had spied in favor of Russia for about 10 years while his father was about 5 years old. In 1965, father and son were accused of espionage in favor of Russia.
Metasavas and Volin worked for Russia's leading intelligence agency, collecting and transmitting state secrets.
In Estonia, the father and son of Estonia have official and internal secret information,
– pointed out in court.
It is well known that the proceedings against the Estonian espionage family took place behind closed doors
. They were accused of espionage in favor of Russia
In Ukraine, in December 2018, the head of the intelligence network of the Russian military intelligence services, acting on the territory of the Mykolayiv region, been arrested. He was captain in the forefront of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuriy Lomako. To spy on Russia's profits, Lomako used his kinship ties at the 73rd Special Maritime Operations Center. The attacker then received information on the execution of combat missions in the area of the UN operation, personal data of "seagulls", weapons data and operational information. .
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