Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab

    Why the two were brought back to Russia and not 
    prosecuted in the Netherlands or transferred to
    Switzerland, neither the Dutch military intelligence 
    nor other requested authorities wanted to explain. 
    
    It is also unknown what they did in the Netherlands.

Re: Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab

#6

Post by steveharman » Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 9:40 AM UTC

They weren't spies, they were tourists. We get them all the time here in the UK.

Re: Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab

#7

Post by PeterisP » Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 9:43 AM UTC

yread wrote: post #2

Is it related to this? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/30/swiss-lab-analys...

Yes.

Re: Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab

#8

Post by DyslexicAtheist » Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 9:52 AM UTC

huhtenberg wrote: post #5

ryanlol wrote: post #4

Article says detained, not arrested.

Swiss newspaper article also says (Google-translated): Why the two were brought back to Russia and not prosecuted in the Netherlands or transferred to Switzerland, neither the Dutch military intelligence nor other requested authorities wanted to explain. It is also unknown what they did in the Netherlands.

would you have a link please?

Re: Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab

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Post by raverbashing » Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 9:58 AM UTC

steveharman wrote: post #6

They weren't spies, they were tourists. We get them all the time here in the UK.

Just walking around, doing nothing suspicious and carrying nothing special.

Re: Russian spies detained in The Hague were planning cyber break-in at Swiss lab

#10

Post by huhtenberg » Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 10:04 AM UTC

DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #8

huhtenberg wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Swiss newspaper article also says (Google-translated): Why the two were brought back to Russia and not prosecuted in the Netherlands or transferred to Switzerland, neither the Dutch military intelligence nor other requested authorities wanted to explain. It is also unknown what they did in the Netherlands.

would you have a link please?

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama/russische-spione-auf-d...

It's the second link from the first paragraph of the HN's submission.