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Alexander Smushko (circled) with Russian armed forces chief Valery Gerasimov (third from right) (Photo: mil.ru)

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Exposed: Who were Russia's spies at Nato HQ?

A lieutenant colonel with top-level Kremlin links, a spy-catcher, and a Big Data specialist - the identities of eight Russians recently expelled by Nato give clues to why Moscow reacted so harshly and what its operatives were doing.

The eight people who Russia said were "diplomats" at its embassy to the Nato HQ in Brussels were in fact "undeclared intelligence officers" conducting "activities not in line with their accreditation", Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said while anno...

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This article is the first in a series of upcoming stories on Russian espionage in Belgium and the EU institutions in a project supported by journalismfund.eu, a Brussels-based NGO.

Alexander Smushko (circled) with Russian armed forces chief Valery Gerasimov (third from right) (Photo: mil.ru)

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This article is the first in a series of upcoming stories on Russian espionage in Belgium and the EU institutions in a project supported by journalismfund.eu, a Brussels-based NGO.

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