Russia intensifies attacks against Scandinavia

Stockholm This has never happened before in the idyllic suburb of Stockholm: the noise of two Blackhawk helicopters wakes up local residents early in the morning, masked people abseil down from the helicopters, and dozens of emergency vehicles pull up on the ground. Neighbors see police officers smash windows and break into a house.

A short time later, a woman and a man, both in their sixties, are taken away. Dem off Russia The couple is accused of espionage. Since 2013, they are said to have forwarded sensitive information to Moscow. “We had to gain control of the people and the building as quickly as possible so that no evidence could be destroyed,” said head of operations Stefan Hector.

What happened in Stockholm last week is not an isolated case. A few weeks earlier, two brothers from Iran were accused of spying for the Russian secret service GRU for years. They are currently in court.