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British embassy spy sentenced to 13 years for leaking secrets to Russia

British embassy spy sentenced to 13 years for leaking secrets to Russia
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they ve been unable to get certain ingredients over from britain because suppliers don t want to deal with the red tape created by the protocol. so, the northern ireland menu is different to the smoothie menu in london? yes. because you can t get the same goods out here? yes, yes. it s very frustrating because what it means is we ve got to have a different menu than almost the entirely smoothie factory international business. but there are businesses like our own where itjust doesn t quite work for. this is a big moment for northern ireland for more than just trade. having no government affects many areas of life. there s no guarantee one would be restored quickly, but getting a new deal on the brexit arrangement is seen as a first step. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 00:21:00

then another hidden camera captured smith meeting the second fake russian, also sent by mi5. irena wanted his help identifying the factors. they met the next day. he was arrested in august 2021 in potsdam, close to berlin. police found documents and videos filmed inside the embassy. smith was motivated by anti uk, pro russian views. he understood that the information he was collecting was damaging to british interests, probably understood he was likely to put people at risk of harm and yet he shared it with the russians anyway. and with hundreds of euros found in his flat, police are also sure he did it for money. the video game industry was worth £4] billion to the uk economy in 2022 but there s another country punching above its weight in the sector. finland made £2.8 billion in that time despite having a population 12 times smaller

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 00:20:00

officials in berlin, security passes and documents. to gather more evidence, mi5 set up a sting operation involving two russian speakers whose real names have not been disclosed. smith was told that a mysterious russian called dimitry was coming to the embassy for a meeting. he was asked to photo copy some documents. it seems as though a russian defector was about to spill his country s secrets to the uk. but dimitry was working for the met and mi5 and smith fell for it. those supposedly secret documents, they were nothing of the sort, were later found in smith s locker. a covid camera captured smith taking pictures of the visitor on the cctv system. a covert camera captured smith taking pictures of the visitor on the cctv system. he seemed to hope the russians knew who dmitry was.

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