spying

Sweden has detained a Lithuanian citizen on suspicions of spying, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday.

Nikolai Philiptchenko, a high-ranking Russian intelligence agent charged with espionage against Lithuania, on Friday refused to testify in his trial in the Vilnius Regional Court.

Romualdas Lipskis, a former employee of Lithuania's state air traffic company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) sentenced to five years in prison for spying for Belarus, is not contesting his sentence.

Yevgeny Mataitis, a Lithuanian-Russian citizen who has been sentenced in Russia for spying, has asked to serve his jail term in Lithuania, Lithuania's Ambassador in Moscow Remigijus Motuzas has said.

Sergey Moiseyenko, a 66-year-old espionage suspect on trial in Lithuania, concealed his Russian citizenship from Lithuanian institutions. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

Lithuanian citizen Aristidas Tamošaitis, who has been sentenced in Russia for spying, wants to serve the 12-year sentence in Lithuania.

A court in Russia's Kaliningrad region has found Yevgeny Mataitis, a dual Lithuanian-Russian citizen, guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday.

A Russian court has sentenced Lithuanian national Aristidas Tamošaitis to 12 years in prison for spying, according to Lithuania's Ambassador in Moscow Remigijus Motuzas.

The scope of wiretapping of telephone conversations in Lithuania has fallen in the last year but critics maintain that court control of the practice remains too weak as Lithuanian judges approve more than 96% of requests from prosecutors.

A Vilnius court on Friday sentenced Andrey Osurkov, a former paramedic of Lithuania's Armed Forces, to three years in prison for spying for Belarus.

Foreign intelligence agencies keep approaching Lithuania's border guards in order to recruit them, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said on Friday. Six such attempts were reported last year.

Vilnius County Court found former employee of state enterprise Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) Romualdas Lipskis guilty of espionage.

The Pskov Oblast Court sentenced the Estonian Security Police Officer Eston Kohver to a prison term of 15 years, reports the National Broadcasting.

Four attempts by foreign services to recruit officers of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service were documented in 2015, the service said on Friday.

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service, police, State Border Guard Service, State Security Department and military intelligence were looking into possibilities to secretly purchase, via intermediates in Lithuania, secret surveillance equipment produced in Italy but the deal failed as it was too e...

A Vilnius court on Thursday finished hearing witness testimonies and published case materials in the trial of former army paramedic Andrey Oshurkov who is suspected of spying for Belarus.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has contacted the Lithuanian citizen who has been arrested in Moscow on spying charges, Aristidas Tamošaitis. According to the ministry, the Lithuanian national is feeling well and does not want his Russian state-appointed lawyer replaced.

Lithuania's consul to Russia should on Friday meet with the Lithuanian citizen detained in Moscow on spying charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

The Lithuanian citizen held in custody in Moscow on the suspicion of spying has received a visit from human rights organizations.