A court in Austria sentenced a former colonel for espionage in favor of Russia

“The court sentenced (the accused. - RT ) to three years for disclosing state secrets,” he said.

In November 2019, the Salzburg prosecutor's office charged the ex-colonel with intelligence activities in favor of Russia.

Austrian authorities said in 2018 that a retired colonel was suspected of intelligence activities in favor of Russia from 1992 to 2018.