Russia pardoned convicted of espionage, the Norwegian Frode Berg
Russian sentenced for spying Frode Berg, has informed the Norwegian government.
The Prime Minister of Norway, Erna, Solberg thanked Vilnius for interaction and contribution to the liberation.
on the last working day of the week in the morning it was announced that the head of Lithuania Gitanos Nausea pardoned accused of spying of Russian citizens Filipchenko Nikolay and Sergey Moiseenko.
later in Vilnius said that in exchange for its two Lithuanians (Eugene Matitis and Aristides of Tamosaitis), also accused of espionage, and Norwegian Berg.
analysis of the Scandinavian media, such a scheme became possible after the statement of the Seimas of Lithuania in early November, refinements to the criminal rule, which mandates the procedure for the exchange of prisoners abroad for intelligence activities for the sake of their country.
in April the Moscow city court has sentenced the Norwegian to 14 years in prison for espionage in favor of the Norwegian intelligence service. According to investigators, he collected data about the nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy.
tied Berg in the capture of sensitive data from working on a military enterprise of the Russians, acting under the control of the FSB.
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