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Report: Norway detains university lecturer as suspected spy

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s public broadcaster says the country’s domestic security agency has detained a man who entered the country as a Brazilian citizen but is suspected of being a Russian spy. Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said the man was arrested Monday in the Arctic city of Tromsoe. It says investigators believe he was in Norway under a false name and identity while working for one of Russia’s intelligence services. Norwegian Police Security Service deputy chief Hedvig Moe told NRK that the man had been based at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsoe as “a Brazilian researcher” and would be expelled from the Scandinavian country “because we believe he represents a threat to fundamental national interests.”

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