Russia may use civilians, journalists to spy on Denmark: Danish intelligence

FILE PHOTO: Polish self-propelled howitzer KRAB is pictured while Dynamic Front military exercise led by the United States takes place in a training area, in Oksbol, Denmark March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's intelligence service expects Russia to recruit civilians and use journalists and business people to spy on the country as an alternative to Russian diplomats who were expelled last year on suspicion of espionage, it said on Tuesday.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has intensified Moscow's need for intelligence gathering in NATO countries, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said in a report on Tuesday.