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Poland’s Internal Security Agency detained three Polish citizens aged between 48 and 62 who are suspected of operating a spy ring for Russian intelligence.

Poland’s Minister-Coordinator for Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak, said that the individuals were collecting information regarding the layout of infrastructure and the placement of NATO forces across the country, while also creating and spreading pro-Russian propaganda materials.

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The regional prosecutor’s office has filed multiple charges against the group, including sharing state information with Russian intelligence that could jeopardize national security, preparing for sabotage and subversion, conducting disinformation campaigns, and publicly endorsing the war.

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xkcd #3248: 182.8 Meters

Title text:

They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3248/

explainxkcd for #3248

Former intelligence official Egisto Ott has been found guilty of spying for Russia, in what has been dubbed Austria's biggest spy trial in years.

A jury in Vienna found Ott, 63, guilty of having handed over information to Russian intelligence officers and to Jan Marsalek, the fugitive executive of collapsed German payments firm Wirecard.

Ott, who denies the charges, was sentenced to four years and one month in prison. His lawyer has appealed against the verdict.

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The court heard how he had supported "a secret intelligence service of the Russian Federation to the detriment of the Republic of Austria" by collecting secret facts and a large amount of personal data from police databases from 2015 to 2020.

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Marsalek, who is also an Austrian citizen, is wanted by German police for alleged fraud and is currently believed to be in the Russian capital, Moscow, having fled via Austria in 2020.

Alleged to be a Russian intelligence asset, Marsalek is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice and, as such, could be arrested if found in the territory of any of the countries belonging to the 196-member international police organisation.

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The case has shed light on more of the alleged activities of Marselek, who has since been charged with fraud and embezzlement, suspected of having inflated Wirecard's balance sheet total and sales volume.

Marsalek is also believed to have been the controller of a group of Bulgarians who were convicted in London in 2025 of spying for Russia.

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