An Estonian court has sentenced a Russian national to five years in jail for spying, a court document shows, the latest in a string of espionage cases involving Russia in the Baltic states.
The man is identified only as A. A., a Russian with a secondary education, according to a court document made public on Wednesday.
He was detained in May 2019 and subsequently charged with espionage, the document said.
A Tallinn regional court found him guilty on August 29th, sentencing him to five years behind bars and a fine of 1,300 euros ($1,430), it said.
Estonia's ISS counterintelligence service declined to comment on the case, saying it is still following up on related leads.
Estonia has nabbed at least 15 people recruited by Russia's GRU intelligence service and its FSB security authority in recent years, the Baltic News Agency reported.
Tallinn and Moscow have also swapped several convicted spies in recent years.