Estonian media reported on January 16 said that Vyacheslav Morozov, a Russian citizen who worked as a professor on international political theory at the University of Tartu, was arrested earlier this month. The reports quoted the head of Estonia's Internal Security Service, Margo Palloson, as saying that Morozov's case "follows dozens of other similar cases and illustrates Russian intelligence agencies' goal to infiltrate different spheres of life in Estonia, including academia." Law enforcement officials were quoted as saying that Morozov was currently in pretrial detention. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Russian Professor At Estonian University Arrested On Espionage Charge
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