Georgia said Friday, November 5, it has dismantled a major Russian spy ring and arrested 13 suspects.
Georgian interior ministry spokesman Shota Utiashvili said the suspects, who included Georgian military officers, had been providing secret information on Georgia's military to the Russian military's foreign intelligence service, the GRU.
"This is a huge deal in terms of Georgia securing its military intelligence and a big blow to the GRU," Utiashvili told AFP, adding that Georgian security services had managed to infiltrate the spy ring.
The list of suspects includes two native Armenians, Seibolt company director general Armen Gevorgyan and deputy director of Georgian subsidiary Ruben Shikoyan.
