A Russian woman was detained in Sweden on espionage charges, police in the city of Gothenburg said on April 14. Swedish petroleum and biofuel company Preem said its employee, a Russian national whose identity was not disclosed, was detained a day earlier at one of its oil refineries. In January, an Iranian-born former intelligence officer was sentenced to life in prison in Stockholm for spying for Russia's GRU military intelligence service from 2011-21. The man's younger brother was sentenced to more than nine years at the time on a charge of assisting his brother’s spying activities. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
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