In Britain, a former guard of the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for gathering information for Russia.
This is reported by Sky News.
58-year-old David Smith was sentenced to 13 years and 2 months in prison. The court found that Smith had collected and transmitted to an unfriendly state information that could harm the interests of Great Britain. He will be able to choose whether to serve his sentence in Britain or Germany.
It will be recalled that Smith was detained in the summer of 2021 after he was "caught in the act" with the help of an undercover operation. He pleaded guilty to eight charges last year, but insisted he did no harm and denied sympathies for Russia.
In the course of the investigation, it was established that Smith had transferred to the Russian side data on embassy employees and secret documents, photos from inside the embassy and its territory.
It became known that he criticized Britain and Germany and spoke favorably of Russia and Putin, and also sympathized with the puppet pseudo-republics created by Russia in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Although the sentence relates to actions committed in 2020-2021, it is believed that Smith could have started collecting information as early as 2018.
The cost of measures to restore the security of the embassy in Berlin after the actions of the guard is estimated at 820 thousand pounds. The former guard of the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for collecting information in favor of Russia.
58-year-old David Smith was sentenced to 13 years and 2 months in prison. The court found that Smith had collected and transmitted to an unfriendly state information that could harm the interests of Great Britain. He will be able to choose whether to serve his sentence in Britain or Germany.
It will be recalled that Smith was detained in the summer of 2021 after he was "caught in the act" with the help of an undercover operation. He pleaded guilty to eight charges last year, but insisted he did no harm and denied sympathies for Russia.
In the course of the investigation, it was established that Smith had transferred to the Russian side data on embassy employees and secret documents, photos from inside the embassy and its territory.
It became known that he criticized Britain and Germany and spoke favorably of Russia and Putin, and also sympathized with the puppet pseudo-republics created by Russia in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Although the sentence relates to actions committed in 2020-2021, it is believed that Smith could have started collecting information as early as 2018.
The cost of measures to restore the security of the embassy in Berlin after the actions of the guard is estimated at 820 thousand pounds.