Monday, July 11, 2022

Who were Putin's spies in the Kingdom of Belgium?

 

Unmasked: Who were Putin's spies in the Kingdom of Belgium?

  • Russian consul general (l) George Kuznetsov had FSB links (Photo: The Dossier Center)
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A humble "trade representative" with top-level Kremlin access, a "consul general" linked to Russia's largest spy service, and a "technician" with a background in wiretapping — the identities of 21 Russian diplomats kicked out by Belgium in April help tell the story of how Moscow made Brussels the 'spy capital' of Europe.

The expulsions, from Russia's embassies and consulates to "the Kingdom of Belgium" (the constitutional monarchy's official name), were just part of a much wider reaction to the horrors in Ukraine, which saw EU states eject hundreds of Russian diplomats in total on grounds of espionage

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