Australian PM accuses Russia of spying ‘here and around the world’

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today rejected criticism of Russia after a Russian-born couple were arrested in Brisbane on charges of spying for Moscow, calling on the Kremlin to “back off”. Albanese said Russia has “no credibility”, accusing Moscow of engaging in “espionage here and around the world” and asking it to “stop interfering in the internal affairs of other sovereign states”. “Russia may get the message: back off,” the Australian prime minister stressed. In this way, Albanezi was responding to criticism from the Russian embassy in Australia after the Australian police announced yesterday that they had charged a 40-year-old woman and her 62-year-old husband – both holders of Russian passports – with attempted espionage. In a message to X, the Russian embassy in Canberra said: “There is a lot of information about the arrest in Brisbane of Kira and Igor Korolev, who have Russian and Australian citizenship, on charges of […]
Source: News Beast

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