Romania-Russia

But why spy on the Russians?

Published on 17 August 2010 at 10:57

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"What is Romania spying on in Russia?" wonders Gândul following the arrest of a senior Romanian diplomat in Moscow by the FSB, Russia's secret service. The first secretary of the political department at the Romanian embassy "was captured allegedly attempting to obtain confidential military information", reports the Bucharest daily. According to Gândul, it is just "the latest and most serious episode marking the growing tensions in Russo-Romanian relations since the fall of communism in 1989".

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