GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON, 26th May. The prosecutors in Bucharest said on Saturday that a Romanian man has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia for the past two years.
The media reported that the suspected Russian contact, a diplomat, was expelled.
Romanian man had been “collecting information of a military nature and taking photographs of military combat equipment and the movement of personnel in the border area with Ukraine, since 202,” the statement said.
It said that the man is suspected of spying on Romanian or NATO military positions located in the vicinity of the city of Tulcea.
Tulcea is located on the Danube Delta, 7 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. There are transport connections to Ukraine from there.
The public prosecutor’s office added that the suspect had transmitted this data to the Russian embassy in Bucharest.
The Russian diplomat was declared persona non grata in connection with the espionage case at the suggestion of the Romanian domestic intelligence service, intelligence officials announced.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest confirmed the Russian’s expulsion, but did not state the exact reason for the move.
It only noted a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in such cases.
The judge has ordered that the suspected spy, who is a Romanian citizen, be remanded in custody for an initial period of 30 days.
The investigation was conducted by a special unit of the Romanian public prosecutor’s office which is responsible for organized crime and terrorism, in collaboration with the country’s domestic intelligence service, NATO’s intelligence service and Romania’s army.
Investigators said that after searches of the suspect’s home, several pieces of evidence were identified and seized.
He had tried to submit his candidature for the local elections planned for June, but without success, they concluded.
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