LITHUANIA: Lithuania expelled a high-ranking Russian diplomat yesterday for suspected spying, the independent Baltic News Service (BNS) reported, quoting unnamed sources.
A foreign ministry spokesman declined to comment on the report but invited reporters to what he called an informal briefing today. A Russian embassy spokesman in Vilnius also refused comment. BNS said the sources told it that the Vilnius-based diplomat had been ordered to leave Lithuania on suspicion of espionage and "seeking to influence Lithuania's determination to support Georgia amid its conflict with Moscow".
In 2004, Lithuania ordered out the Russian military attache for alleged intelligence activities.