Nato expels Russian envoys (Note: Apr '09)

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

I'm not sure if this new information was posted to the list in April.

"Nato ordered the expulsion of two Russian diplomats on Wednesday in retaliation for a spy scandal in which a senior 
Estonian official
was jailed for passing on top-level secrets about the western alliance to Moscow.

One of the expelled Russians was the son of Vladimir Chizhov, Moscow’s ambassador to the European Union.
Both he and the other diplomat were attached to Russia’s mission to Nato and are believed to have worked undercover as 
intelligence agents, alliance sources said on Wednesday night.

Russia did not immediately react to Nato’s move.
But the expulsions come at a sensitive time as the US and its allies try to rebuild relations with Moscow following 
last summer’s war between Russia and Georgia."
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More at
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39446224-3500-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Background:
'Ex-security official of Estonia accused of spying'
http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2008-September/018450.html
 
Juha-Matti

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