A married couple with Russian passports was arrested in Australia on charges of espionage. – local media citing police
40-year-old Kira Koroleva serves as a private in the Australian army. Her 62-year-old husband Igor is a worker. They came to the country about ten years ago.
According to investigators, Koroleva illegally and secretly traveled to Russia while she was on vacation. She allegedly instructed her husband how to log into her work account from home and send her classified materials to “transmit to Kremlin intelligence.”
It is reported that they face 15 years in prison for this. What kind of materials they were and whether they were sent is not specified.
