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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