Professor arrested for espionage on-behalf of Russia

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VG: Professor sentenced for espionage

Finnish-born Timo Kivimäki, professor at the University of Copenhagen, found guilty of espionage for Russia.

Kivimäki, who has always denied guilt, were Thursday sentenced to five months in jail by a court in Glostrup, Denmark. 49-year-old was charged with having passed secret stamped documents to the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen, several meetings with Russian diplomats and to have helped the Russian intelligence service. case that has gone behind closed doors for reasons of Denmark's relations with Russia, started 8 of May. But already in 2010 became professor arrested by the Danish intelligence service PET.