The Netherlands' General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) said two Russian diplomats working at the Russian embassy in The Hague have been declared persona non grata. They are accused of spying in the high-tech sector, reports Telegraaf.
As noted, one of the intelligence officers who worked as a diplomat at the Russian Embassy in The Hague was engaged in espionage in the field of technology and science.
He has created an extensive network of sources with access to confidential information in the high technology sector.. Some of them he paid for information.
According to Dutch law enforcement officers, the second Russian spy also worked as a diplomat at the embassy and played an auxiliary role in the espionage activities of the first.
Russian spies were interested in, among other things, information about artificial intelligence, semiconductors and nanotechnology.