BIS report: Russian agents on Czech soil focussed on energy and industry in 2011

Russian intelligence officers were the most active of foreign secret service agents on Czech soil last year, says the annual report by the country’s counter-intelligence service, BIS. According to the report, Russian agents in the Czech Republic focussed most on economic issues such as energy and industry, including the completion of the country’s Temelín nuclear power plant. A Czech-Russian consortium is one of three participants bidding in a multi-billion crown tender on the completion of new nuclear reactors at Temelín. The report by BIS adds that in 2011 Russia was successful in continuing long-term efforts to maintain a high number of agents in the Czech Republic under cover of its diplomatic corps.

Author: Jan Velinger