Sweden and Russia in political crossroads as it emerged that Swedish diplomats in Russia secretly filmed

Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Sweden has once again reached a diplomatic impasse with Russia after it emerged that the Russians secretly filmed the Swedish diplomats Operating around the country. This comes after the Swedish Embassy in Moscow accused a Russian television of secretly filming Swedish officials who met a famous critic of President Vladimir Putin.

A Swedish diplomat being filmed and watched
Image from Swedish television

Swedish television reports that the Russian state-controlled television channel, NTV over the weakened broadcasted a secret video footage and documents from a series of meetings opposition activist Ilya Yashin had with embassy officials - including several unnamed Swedish diplomats at the embassy in Moscow.

Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt told Swedish television "it's not acceptable to do things this way." He believes that Swedish diplomats might have been surreptitiously recorded both in picture and their audio conversation.

Kremlin-controlled media have long claimed that the protest movement against President Vladimir Putin is controlled - and primarily funded from abroad. Sweden, a strong critic of human right abuses in Russia is a good candidate to suspect is funding the opposition.
by Scancomark.com Team

Russian protester - image from SVT

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