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Australian soldier and husband accused of spying for Russia
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https://news.sky.com/story/australian-soldier-and-husband-accused-of-spying-for-russia-13176895
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
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The couple are the first suspected spies to be charged under revamped espionage laws introduced in 2018 that also outlaw covert foreign interference in domestic politics.
However, if evidence was found the information had been shared with Russia, the charges could be upgraded, carrying a maximum jail term of 25 years or life.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: “People will be held to account who interfere with our national interests and that’s precisely what these arrests represent.”
Last year it emerged Australia had expelled a large Russian spy ring made up of embassy and consular staff as well as other operatives using deep-cover identities.
Russia has previously accused Australia of “Russophobic hysteria” for cancelling the lease on the land where Moscow wanted to build its new embassy in Canberra.
Australia is one of the largest non-NATO contributors to the West’s support for Ukraine and has been supplying defence equipment to Kyiv, banned exports of aluminium ores to Russia and sanctioned more than 1,000 Russian individuals and entities.
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