Military intelligence confirms Russian spies were most interested in Czech economy

The core of Russian intelligence services' interest in the Czech Republic in 2011 focussed on politics and the economy, Czech Military Intelligence says in its annual report released on Tuesday. By contrast, Chinese intelligence services were reportedly most active in technological espionage. Military Intelligence also detected activities by intelligence services from the Middle East, an unclassified part of the report revealed. According to the Czech civilian counter-intelligence service BIS´s annual report released last week, Russian agents were mainly interested in information linked to the expansion of the Temelin nuclear power plant, south Bohemia; a Czech-Russian consortium is one of three bidders in the ongoing tender.

Author: Jan Velinger