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April 30, 2009
Nato ordered the expulsion of the two Russian diplomats on Wednesday
Russia has confirmed Nato has expelled two of its diplomats from Brussels, reportedly in retaliation for a spy scandal involving an Estonian official.
A Russian foreign ministry told the Interfax news agency it was “clarifying the circumstances of the expulsions to determine possible actions”.
The Russian diplomats reportedly worked as undercover intelligence agents.
In February, Herman Simm was jailed for 12 years in February by an Estonian court for passing secrets to Moscow.
The court where the former head of Estonia’s national security system was tried did not reveal which country he spied for, but investigators said Mr Simm passed nearly 3,000 documents to Russia.
They said he received 1.3m kroons (£74,000; $110,000) for the data. The Kremlin denied any involvement.
Nato made no comment at the time, but the case, Estonia’s biggest spy scandal since the Cold War, was seen as an embarrassment for the former Soviet state, which joined the alliance in 2004.
Source: bbc.co.uk/
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