Svetlana Timofeeva
Russian Blogger Arrested for Spying Seeks Asylum in Albania
Svetlana Timofeeva at e hearing in the Appeals Court of Durres, Albania. Photo: Vladimir Karaj/BIRN
Timofeeva is currently in jail awaiting trial in Albania, charged by a local prosecutor with espionage after she was arrested along with another Russian and a Ukrainian citizen near a former military factory in Gramsh in southern Albania.
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Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev arrives for a face-to-face EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, 25 May 2021. European Union leaders take part in a two day in-person meeting to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and Russia relations. EPA-EFE/JOHANNA GERON / POOL
Albania Probes Russians, Ukrainian Arrested at Arms Factory
The Albania government said on Monday that it is seriously examining an incident at the weekend in which two Russians and a Ukrainian passport holder were detained while entering an arms factory in Gramsh and allegedly assaulted soldiers.