POLVA: Estonia and Russia have swapped two convicted spies after both men received presidential pardons, Estonian authorities say. “The Estonian state helps its citizens whenever it can,” said Arnold Sinisalu, chief of the Baltic state’s security police. Other prisoner swaps have taken place between Estonia and Russia. In 2015, Russia freed Estonian officer Eston Kohver, who had been sentenced to 15 years in jail on espionage and other charges. In return, Tallinn freed Aleksei Dressen, a former Estonian security official serving a 16-year sentence in Estonia for spying for Moscow.

Source: Pakistan Today February 11, 2018 01:18 UTC