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Russian spy Raymond Poeteray jailed by Dutch

A former Dutch foreign ministry worker has been jailed for 12 years for passing hundreds of sensitive political and military documents to Russia.

The 61-year-old spy, Raymond Poeteray, passed on documents which included details of Nato activity in Libya.
Poeteray was found guilty of passing information to a couple in Germany, who are also on trial accused of being Russian agents.
The Dutch court said Poeteray had acted "purely out of financial interest".
The documents also included sensitive political and military information on Nato and EU activity in Afghanistan and Georgia, reports the AFP news agency.
"The court rules as proven that he passed confidential documents to the Russian Federation for years at the request of the Russian intelligence service" the court in The Hague said in a statement.