PST has charged the visiting researcher from the University of Tromsø – Latest news – news

28 October 2022 at 10:19 PST has charged the visiting researcher from the University of Tromsø PST has charged the visiting researcher from the University of Tromsø with illegal intelligence. Today they will have him detained. He will be produced at 1 p.m. The man in his 30s has so far been detained. To detain is to put a person in custody, not as punishment, but as a security measure undertaken by the authorities. On Monday, the Brazilian citizen was arrested on his way to work at the University of Tromsø, suspected of being a Russian spy with a false identity. He is now charged with illegal intelligence that could damage fundamental national interests, and for illegal intelligence that could damage the security interests of other states. PST believes the man is a so-called “illegalist”, that is, a person who has built up an identity as an ordinary citizen, but who quietly works for foreign intelligence. According to PST, the man has pretended to be a Brazilian citizen, but is actually Russian and works for one of the Russian intelligence services.



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