Russian intelligence agent exposed in the Czech Republic

On July 28, 2010 A Russian spy has been exposed in the Czech Republic. According to Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes, the spy, who managed to flee to Russia, was called Robert R., and was employed as a psychologist in a government clinic. He received information from his girlfriend, the employee of the secretariat of senior generals of the Czech army. The woman was dismissed from the armed forces of the Czech Republic. In addition, posts have lost their leader of the Military Office of the President of the Czech Republic Frantisek Hrabal, the Czech military representative at the Supreme Command of NATO in Europe, Josef Sedlak and first deputy chief of General Staff Joseph Proksch.

According to Mlada Fronta Dnes, Robert befriended a female army major, who had also studied psychology and worked successively as head of staff for the three army generals. It is not known if the major was working for the Russian agent knowingly or disclosed the information unintentionally. The nature of data and the extent of threat to the country's security are unknown.

The press has described the spy scandal as the biggest in the country's history. Local counter-intelligence points to the growing activity of Russian agents in Central and Eastern Europe. At the end of 2008, the Czech security information service issued a report saying Russian intelligence had stepped up its activity in the Czech Republic, while the number of spies among diplomats had grown from one-half to two-thirds.

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