Event 30af124d-f82b-4be3-937c-f415584e0faa

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Lithuania

Source: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2539411/russian-med...

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Event Time

8mo ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Russian media identifies embassy worker in Vilnius as FSB officer

Short Summary: Russian media and databases identify a Russian Embassy worker in Vilnius as a serving FSB officer. Lithuania’s security service confirms awareness but sees no current threat.

Description

Russian independent media project RuPEP claims a staff member at the Russian Embassy in Vilnius is an officer of Russia’s FSB intelligence service. The identified individual has been working at the embassy since 2023 and previously served with the FSB. Lithuanian authorities are aware of his affiliation and do not currently assess him as a threat to national security.

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A member of staff at the Russian Embassy in Vilnius is also an officer at the Russian intelligence service, the FSB, according to information published by RuPEP, an online database of public officials compiled by independent Russian media.

According to this file, Dmitry Sergeyevich Kurguz has been working at the Vilnius embassy since 2023 and has been a member of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the Soviet-era KGB, since 2012.

"The official affiliation of [Kurguz] and the circumstances of his residency at the Russian Embassy in Lithuania are known to the VSD and are not currently assessed as a threat to national security," Lithuania’s intelligence service, the State Security Department (VSD), told LRT in a written comment.

Related URLs

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2539411/russian-media-identifies-embassy-worker-in-vilnius-as-fsb-officer

Source

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2539411/russian-media-identifies-embassy-worker-in-vilnius-as-fsb-officer

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