
The Supreme Court has upheld the 'imprisonment' measure for the Russian suspected of espionage Mikhail Zorin. He had appealed to the Supreme Court for a milder security measure, a request that was not accepted, leaving in force the decision of the Court of Appeal in Durrës.
Previously, the Supreme Court dismissed the request of the other Russian Svetlana Timofeeva and the Ukrainian Fedir Aplatov. The three young men were arrested after the incident at the weapons factory in Gramsh, where they attacked the guards with neoparalyzing spray.
Two Russians, Mikhail Zorin, 23, Svetlana Timofeeva, 33, and Ukrainian Fedir Alpatov, 25, have been in prison since August 20, the day the incident occurred at the Gramsh plant. Mikhail Zorin was confronted by the 2 Albanian soldiers who spotted him, Albi Bici and Ardian Xhaka, while Svetlana Timofoeva and the Ukrainian were staying in a "Chevrolet Camaro" car with Ukrainian plates AX 6200 IP.
The three were put in handcuffs and accused of "Assault due to duty", "Giving secret information", and "Providing information", carried out in cooperation.
How did the event happen?
The two Russians, Mikhail Zorin, 23, Svetlana Timofeeva, 33, and the 25-year-old Ukrainian Fyodor Mihailovic, were photographing the premises at the Arms Factory, when they tried to get inside, they were spotted by Albanian soldiers who beat them sign to stop. They did not obey the orders of the Albanian soldiers, while one of them, Mikhail Zori, attacked them with a chemical spray. All three were arrested by the police, while they were also investigated as spies of the Russian secret service. In the car with Ukrainian license plates, which was used by them during their stay in Albania, 2 drones, 4 mobile phones, 1 laptop, 1 camera, memory cards, 3 passports, 2 cameras, maps were found, which were seized by the police.