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WESTERN SECRETS FOR MOSCOW

Estonian Spy Scandal Shakes NATO and EU

By Holger Stark

For years an Estonian government official has apparently been collecting the most intimate secrets of NATO and the EU -- and passing them on to the Russians. The case is a disaster for Brussels.

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Simm and his wife Heete, using a Cold War-era radio transmitter, allegedly offered classified information including the alliance's plans on Kosovo's independence, U.S. missile defence and the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Officials say Simm, who is a former Estonian chief of police, was uncovered when his Russian handler attempted to recruit another Estonian official. That person reported the offer to NATO authorities.

Simm is expected to be arraigned early next year and if found guilty, could face up to 15 years in prison.

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Moscow Never Sleeps

I've notice in store some days before national geographic's new addition from August 2008. It has very nice title photo with bold letters on it: Ancient Iran - inside a nation's Persian soul. Isn't it interesting? But I never got time to read this magazine, as I was all the August thinking about peace for Georgia, reading news, thinking, thinking, prying and hoping ... Yesterday I borrow magazine from library and today I start reading it. I love to start to read from the very beginning. I take my time to look all details on the front page, content. Sometimes I leave to read editors notes, as I've noticed it's not always interested part. OK, and now to the point. In this magazine is also very informative and nice written article about Russia today. I find article for you on internet as well, so here's the link below. But why I am posting it, is not that it's interesting and it talks about Russian society and about a lot of changes there during last years. I post the article as evidence for crocodile Kremlin (small joke on the edge. But to be honest, I was pleased, that somebody else was having same association as I have ;) )

Moscow Never Sleeps

Novelist Martin Cruz Smith and photographer Gerd Ludwig discover the sinister magic of a city that reveals its true colors at night.

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Published: August 2008

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