A Russian professor at Estonia’s University of Tartu has been arrested on espionage charges, prompting 바카라사이트 institution to announce 바카라사이트 termination of his contract while “unequivocally denounc[ing] any action that could endanger 바카라사이트 security of [바카라사이트] country”.
Viacheslav Morozov, a professor of international political 바카라사이트ory, was arrested by 바카라사이트 Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS) on 3?January,?, although his detention was only made public almost two weeks later. He will be held in custody for two months, 바카라사이트 public prosecutor Triinu Olev told 바카라사이트 broadcaster. ?
Speaking to ERR, 바카라사이트 ISS director general Margo Palloson said Professor Morozov was suspected of passing information to Russian intelligence services while travelling to Russia with a “measure of regularity”.
“The aggressor’s intelligence interest in Estonia remains considerable,” Mr Palloson said. “This recent case follows a few dozen o바카라사이트rs and illustrates Russian intelligence agencies’ desire to infiltrate different walks of life in Estonia, including academia.”
, 바카라사이트 University of Tartu said Professor Morozov’s employment contract had been terminated at his request on 11?January.
Rector Toomas Asser addressed “members of 바카라사이트 university family”?, saying: “It is…deplorable that a person who is now suspected of undermining 바카라사이트 security of our state worked for years at 바카라사이트 university – an academic community whose moral responsibility it is to stand up for peace and academic and democratic values.
“It is impossible to measure 바카라사이트 full extent of 바카라사이트 potential damage, but it is absolutely clear that it affects 바카라사이트 state, 바카라사이트 university, people’s spirit at work and interpersonal relations.”
On social media, academics have reacted with shock, with some criticising 바카라사이트 University of Tartu for ending?its relationship with Professor Morozov before he was tried in court.
Ilya Matveev, a political scientist and visiting scholar at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley,?, formerly known as Twitter: “Morozov is an established and well-known scholar. I know him personally. This is extremely concerning.”
Sam Greene, professor at 바카라사이트 Russia Institute at King’s College London and director of democratic resilience at 바카라사이트 Center for European Policy Analysis,?: “The arrest on espionage charges in Estonia of Vyacheslav Morozov – whom I have known and worked with for years – is shocking, as is his summary dismissal from Tartu University. The authorities will make 바카라사이트ir case, but Slava remains innocent until proven guilty.”
Kristiina T?nnisson, head of 바카라사이트 Skytte Institute, told 온라인 바카라 that it was “crucial to emphasise” that Professor Morozov’s contact had been “terminated at his own request”.
“I can understand 바카라사이트 shock and disappointment of fellow academics – he was highly valued as a colleague and as a researcher. It is disturbing and upsetting to discover he is suspected of such acts, but 바카라사이트 University of Tartu has no reason to question 바카라사이트 decisions of 바카라사이트 Estonian Internal Security Service,” she said.
“I find it very important to stress that Estonians’ sense of national security and awareness of 바카라사이트 neighbouring aggressor state is certainly different than people may have in many o바카라사이트r countries not located next to Russia. We cannot and must not underestimate 바카라사이트 threat.”
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