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Australia charges soldier and his wife with alleged espionage activities on behalf of Russia

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A married couple, Kira Korolev, a 40-year-old Russian-born woman, and her husband Igor, 62, have been charged with spying on behalf of Russia. The pair, who had lived in Australia for over 10 years, were arrested at their home in Brisbane and are accused of obtaining military information to share with Russian authorities. They will appear in court on Friday to face one count each of preparing for an espionage offence. It is unclear how long they have been under investigation.

  1. AU
    Reece Kershaw
    Australian Federal Police
    1. There was some misleading on her behalf of where she was allegedly at and what country.
    2. We allege her husband would access requested material and would send to his wife in Russia.
    3. We allege that while she was in Russia, she instructed her husband, who remained in Australia, on how to log into her official work account from their Brisbane home.
    4. We allege her husband would access requested material and would send [it] to his wife in Russia. We allege they sought that information with the intention of providing it to Russian authorities.
    5. The AFP will allege the individuals worked together to access Australian Defence Force material that related to Australia's national security interests.
    6. Whether that information was handed over remains a key focus of our investigation.
  2. AU
    Anthony Albanese
    Australian Government
    1. Australia's security agencies are doing their job and they are doing it well. People will be held to account who interfere with our national interests.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.ABC News (Australia)
  5. 5.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.Russian Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Espionage
  3. 3.Australian Foreign Policy
  4. 4.Australia-Russia relations

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.CanadaCA
  3. 3.United KingdomGB
  4. 4.New ZealandNZ
  5. 5.Russian FederationRU
  6. 6.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Australian Defense Force
  2. 2.Australian Federal Police
  3. 3.Australian Security Intelligence Organization
  4. 4.Brisbane Magistrates Court
  5. 5.FacebookUS
  6. 6.GoogleUS
  7. 7.Medibank
  8. 8.Royal Australian Mint

persons

  1. 1.Mike Burgess
  2. 2.Reece KershawAU
  3. 3.Evdokia Petrov
  4. 4.Kira Korolev
  5. 5.Anthony AlbaneseAU
  6. 6.Blake Fraser
  7. 7.Dyan Kerr
  8. 8.Igor Korolev
  9. 9.Lana Millar
  10. 10.Nikki Spalding
  11. 11.Ross Mack
  12. 12.Tristen McKenzie

technicals

  1. 1.Everton Park
  2. 2.Soviet Union
  3. 3.Five Eyes
Australia charges soldier and his wife with alleged espionage activities on behalf of Russia