Wednesday, March 4, 2009

In Bucharest, detained suspects of spying for Russia.

In the Romanian capital Bucharest arrested Bulgarian and Romanians, who are accused of collaboration with the Russian special services, refer to the Bulgarian environment agency Novinite.
Citizen Peter Zikulov Bulgaria and Romanian military officer Florichel Akim (Floricel Achim) were detained on Monday. First charged with espionage, treason in the second. The court authorized the provisional arrest of a 29-day maximum possible time before the trial. On Thursday the appeal will be considered suspects, in which they are asked to release them under house arrest subscription.
According to the online edition of the Romanian HotNews.ro, Akim already admitted that he sold the Romanian military secrets and to receive, depending on the importance of the documents the amount of 1 000 dollars or less. " Intelligence Service of Romania announced that the officer is in development since 2005. The investigation is believed that the Romanians sent documents Bulgarians, who then, through "a complex intelligence network forwards the information" non-NATO ".
Meanwhile Zikulov argues that not involved in espionage, and is recognized only in getting acquainted with one Ukrainian official, who was interested in military information. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria underlined that Zikulov, owner of a consulting firm in Bucharest, had acted on their own initiative and has no connection with the Bulgarian Government.
The Romanian media have called "spy scandal" a major breach of public security. Meanwhile, in a press release, Romanian Intelligence Service does not specify that the documents were sold Akimov namely Russia. The Office refused to give details so as not to harm the investigation.

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