Georgia Arrests Russian Spies Operating Before War
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Georgian authorities said they broke up a Russian spy ring that started collecting information on the country’s military before the 2008 war in which the Russian army routed Georgian forces.
Thirteen people, including four Russians and nine Georgians, remain in custody after being arrested last month on suspicion of delivering information to the intelligence unit of Russia’s Defense Ministry, known as the GRU, Interior Ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said today at a briefing in Tbilisi, the capital. Two others were released after plea bargains.