FILE PHOTO: Norway's parliament seen in Oslo, May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
OSLO (Reuters) - A Russian citizen detained in Oslo on suspicion of illegal intelligence activities is a Russian state employee but has denied wrongdoing, seeing the matter as a "misunderstanding", his Norwegian lawyer said on Monday.
The unidentified man was detained at Oslo airport before a flight out of the country on Friday, a day after attending a seminar on digitalisation in Norway's parliament.
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