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The Kremlin's espionage offensive in Europe came to the surface on May 24 after a Portuguese spy was arrested in Rome for allegedly passing NATO secrets to a Russian intelligence officer. The supposed double agent, identified by the local media as Frederico Carvalhão, is a member of the Potugal's SIS intelligence service, the country’s equivalent of MI5, responsible for internal security and counter-terrorism.

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