Czech spy chief: Hiring foreigners to commit crimes new Russian tactic

Hiring citizens of other states to carry out crimes is a new Russian tactic, the head of the Czech counterintelligence service, known by the acronym BIS, said on Monday. In an interview with the news site Hlidacipes.org, Michal Koudelka gave the example of the Colombian man recently caught trying to set buses on fire at a Prague depot.

Mr. Koudelka said the attacker in such cases did not even need to know they were working for Moscow.

Last week Prime Minister Petr Fiala said it was highly likely that the Kremlin was behind the attempted attack on the Prague depot. Similar incidents have been reported in other European countries.