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Norwegian man is accused on espionage on Russia's navy

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Norwegian man is accused on espionage on Russia's navy


12.12.2017

RF Ministry of DefenceA 62-year-old former border inspector Frode Berg was accused of receiving classified documents about Russia's navy. A Moscow court ruled that Berg would be held until 5 February, RIA Novosti reports.

The reports allege he is linked to a Russian national arrested last month on suspicion of treason.

Mr Berg has so far made no public comment on the issue, and his family last heard from him two weeks ago when he sent a picture of himself in Red Square in Moscow.

The Norwegian foreign ministry said it had been in contact with a Mr Berg in detention in Russia, but declined to give any further details.

Relations between Russia and Norway, which share a border, have been tense since Moscow's accession of Crimea peninsula in 2014. In February, Norway's security service said that several institutions in the Nordic country had been targeted by hackers believed to be linked to Russia.

Russia denied the allegation.

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