Mf Dnes: Russian espionage case led to resignation of three Czech generals

The daily Mladá fronta Dnes says it has uncovered the details of a case of Russian espionage that may have resulted in the resignation of three Czech generals. Citing anonymous sources, the paper says that a psychologist employed by the Czech prison service was in fact a Russian agent, and used his acquaintance with a female major in the Czech Army to acquire information about three army generals whose office she ran. The paper based its investigation on this year’s Military Intelligence report, which states that Czech counter espionage had identified and eliminated an infiltration of the army command by Russian military intelligence the year before, as it attempted to gather sensitive information. The paper notes that the three Czech generals in question resigned within six months of the alleged agent leaving his own his position, in September of last year, and surmises that a recent break-in at the offices of the army General Staff may have been related.