The Prime Minister of Slovenia is at the center of a scandal due to the arrest of Russian spies
Date: 2023-10-27 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WORLD
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob is at the center of a row over the arrest of Russian spies last November, as he is accused of delaying the date of their detention.
According to Euractiv, the arrest of two alleged Russian spies in Slovenia last November was then hailed as a success for the intelligence services, but has now become the subject of serious allegations against Prime Minister Robert Golob.
Golob was accused of interfering with the day of the arrest of the suspected spies because the original arrest date was supposed to be the day after a major referendum and he allegedly did not want it to overshadow the government's success.
The statement was reportedly made by Tatiana Bobnar, the former interior minister who resigned due to pressure on the police.
At the same time, Golob rejected this claim, saying that “this is another hallucination that is completely untrue.”
His claim was supported by the National Intelligence and Security Service. It said it planned its activities in conjunction with a special police unit, with possible arrest dates proposed by the agency's director "based on operational and tactical considerations and most likely not at the request of the prime minister or anyone else."
The allegations are now being examined by a parliamentary commission responsible for overseeing intelligence and security services, whose chairman has said the information they have is contradictory and merits further investigation.
