Captain of the Baltic
fleet Sergey Velichko court
In March, 2000 Military court by the Baltic fleet sentenced the former
skipper, a commander Sergey Velichko to five
years of custody for the cooperation with western special services.
At the end of July, 1996 the western warships visited Baltiysk in honor
of 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet. Second in command of
military body on intelligence Sergey Velichko performed the duties of
communication officer in course of this visit. At "Vizborg" - minelayer of
Naval Forces, Sweden he made acquainted with a Swedish military interpreter -
Peter Ensen. Velichko told Ensen about the former retirement and asked Ensen to
help him with further employment.
In November, 1997 Sergey Velichko was informed that on 22nd
he would have to come to Vilnius "on the interest to him point". At the railway
station he was met with an unknown man and having referred to interpreter Ensen
told that he was ready to speak with Mr. Velichko about possible cooperation.
This was an officer by the Swedish special services. Velichko had a several
hours talk with him about the Baltic fleet. First of all this officer was
interested in the structure of fleet intelligence, possibilities of its
facilities, names and designation of military bodies, information about Baltic
Naval base and comprising it ship units. Velichko got the award for this -
three thousands dollars.
The Swedish observers gave the first task to Velichko - after retirement
to find a job at the informational center by Intelligence department of the
Baltic fleet as a referent. For urgent communication Velichko got a telephone
number and Stockholm code.
Since this moment the materials saved up in regard to commander Velichko
at FSB who had been put under "the cap, hood" after the contact with Ensen got
the code name "Analyst".
In August, 1998 one of Velichko’s
familiar woman called at his request from Vilnius by phone which had
been given to him by the Swedish agents as an urgent communication. This person
told that Sergey was going to come to Lithuania personally. Having assumed that
the officer would export some secret materials FSB officers had made
preparation to capture him at the boarder. However, at careful custom
inspection of Velichko there was found nothing unalloyed for export from
territory of Russia. He moved abroad and met with his new secret employers. As
the FSB officers managed to find out even one of leaders of military
intelligence of the country came for the special meeting with Analytic from
Sweden to Vilnius. For three days Sergey Velichko was asked by several officers
of Swedish special services. For the presented information he was paid three
thousands dollars more. In half a year Analyst again planned a business trip to
Vilnius.
For this once he didn’t rely upon his memory and took an extract from
the bulletin by the informational department of the Baltic fleet and a draft
variant of one informational report. All these documents contained the secret
information comprising the state secrecy. Velichko was captured just at
Kaliningrad railway station. At the same day there was carried out his flat’s
search.
There were found the work note-books and service records which contained
the state secrecy. Addresses, telephones and visit cards by Analyst’s contacts including his foreign contacts. Coordinates of foreign
special services in Vilnius where Velichko sent his correspondence marking the
terms of the next meeting holding. Velichko admitted his fault.
After the disclosure Velichko agreed to work as "a twice agent". He told
the telephone number in Stockholm to FSB which was given to him in case of
urgent communication by the Swedish special services representative.
Military court by the Baltic fleet found the former radio agent guilt.
As it was found out in course of process only over the period from June, 1995
up to February, 1997 officer Velichko in connection with fulfillment of his
duties more that 400 times received the documents with mark "top-secret" and
"secret". However, at infliction of penalty to Sergey Velichko the court
considered that the former officer sincere fainted and actively helped to disclose the done by him crime. Just
because of this the punishment was the lowest - only five years of custody. But
Sergey Velichko was deprived by the military rank "commander" and state awards
received over a 20-years service.
Participants:
Resources:
- Saint-Petersburg Vedomosty
10.03.2000 "Analyst’s miscalculation"
- LENTA.RU: IN RUSSIA: Swedish
spy Sergey Velichko sentenced to five years
- Nezavisimaya gazeta 25.11.99
"Disclosure of one more Swedish intelligence’s agent"
- Nezavisimaya gazeta 03.12.99
"Failure by the Swedish intelligence"
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