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Estonian consul arrested for swapping state secrets
2021-07-07
Direct translation of the article via Google Translate Edited.€
[IZ] Consul of Estonia Mart Lyatte was detained in St. Petersburg while receiving information of a classified nature from a citizen of the Russian Federation. This was announced on Tuesday, July 6, by the DSP of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

"The FSB of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg caught Lyatte red-handed receiving materials of a classified nature from a Russian citizen, the Estonian diplomat - the consul of the Consulate General of the Republic of Estonia in St. Petersburg Mart Lyatte," the message says.

In addition, the center said that the activities of the consul in St. Petersburg contradict diplomatic norms and have a clear hostile nature towards the Russian Federation. Appropriate measures will be applied to it in accordance with international law.
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