Andor Sandor, former Military Intelligence commander, estimates the number of Russian spies at minimally several tens, LN writes. He said they try to win over Czechs, but it is difficult to say how much successful they are. Last year's annual reports by the civilian BIS counter-intelligence and the Military Intelligence also mentioned the activities of the Russian secret services, LN writes. It says the Military Intelligence has registered "concrete interest in information on the possible construction of a U.S.
anti-missile facility on Czech soil." Sandor and Karel Randak, former head of the Czech civilian intelligence, said Russian spies now focus mainly on industrial espionage. Sandor said effort to gain military information is unnecessary because there is no classified information in the Czech Czech Foreign Minister to receive his Kosovo counterpart ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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