Swede charged with spying for Russian military intelligence

Sergey Skvortsov was arrested in a November at Nacka, outside Stockholm (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP, File)

A Russian-born Swedish citizen was charged on Monday with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade.

Sweden’s prosecution authority said Sergey Skvortsov, 60, was accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power”.