Security News > 2020 > December > Denmark Charges Russian Citizen With Spying for Russia
2020-12-10 02:03
A Russian citizen living in Denmark has been charged with espionage for allegedly having provided information about Danish energy technology, among other things, to an unnamed Russian intelligence service, the Danish prosecution authority said Wednesday.
If found guilty, the Russian citizen faces up to six years in jail.
The prosecution can also seek to have the person deported from Denmark.
Denmark's TV2 broadcaster said the trial would be held in Aalborg, northern Denmark.
In 2012, Finnish national Timo Kivimaki who was working with the University of Copenhagen as a researcher, was sentenced to four months in prison for spying on Denmark on behalf of Russia.