The Spy Brothers
The brothers from Uppsala were convicted in January of serious espionage crimes after sharing top secret information with Russia.
The older brother has said in interrogation that he was contacted by Russia's external intelligence service SVR but that the handover of secret documents was made to the military intelligence service GRU. The motive must have been financial.
The 42-year-old, who has a background in the Security Service and the Military Intelligence and Security Service, was sentenced to life imprisonment and the younger brother to nine years and ten months in prison.
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The brothers were convicted against their denial for spying against Sweden for ten years. Now the older brother admits that he has had contact with Russian intelligence. Photo: SVT
Suspected spy couple
The couple, with roots in Russia, were arrested during a dawn raid in the Stockholm area in the autumn of 2022. The man and woman are suspected of having conducted serious unlawful intelligence activities against Sweden with the help of their companies in the technology industry. Behind one of their companies was a Russian ex-military man who had previously been identified as an officer in the GRU intelligence service.
The case has not yet been decided and the man is still in custody while the wife, who is suspected of aiding and abetting, is at large.
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The founder, mastermind and alleged GRU agent behind the suspected couple's company – here SVT's reporter explains the links to the Russian military industry. Photo: SVT
Espionage against Volvo cars and Scania
In the winter of 2019, a Swedish 45-year-old man was arrested together with Russian diplomat and SVR officer Yevgeny Umerenko at a restaurant in central Stockholm.
The man, who handed over programming code on self-driving vehicles to Umerenko in return for payment, was sentenced to three years in prison for espionage. Due to his diplomatic immunity, Umerenko was able to leave Sweden shortly after his arrest.
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Here is the Russian SVR officer and Volvo spy – see the secret meeting at the restaurant in Stockholm. Photo: Police