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A Czech newspaper has claimed three generals were forced to leave the army in 2009 after the security services found their offices had been infiltrated by a Russian spy. The daily Mlada Fronta Dnes claimed in a front-page exclusive on Wednesday that a female major working for all three men had been befriended by the spy, although her role in the affair remains unclear.  More

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