Army private Kira Korolev, 40, and Igor Korolev, 62, were arrested from their Brisbane home on Thursday. They were accused of collecting information about the Australian military to share with Moscow.
"The situation with Igor Korolev is more difficult. In flagrant violation of their obligations under the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Australian authorities have failed to ...
The embassy stated that they have requested information regarding Igor Korolev, 62, and his wife Kira, 40, from Australian authorities and pledged to provide necessary consular support to the couple.
Russian-born couple Kira and Igor Korolev in July became the first suspected foreign operatives to be charged under Australia’s modernized espionage laws since they were enacted in 2018.
That meant Igor Korolev and Alexander Karpotsev, two men whom I had interviewed during their time as Toronto Maple Leafs, were on board. That meant former NHLers Kãrlis SkratinÅ¡, Ruslan Salei ...
A Russian "human rights" group has suggested prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins could be freed in exchange for several Russians facing criminal charges in Australia. Russia's embassy has accused ...