Russian "honeytrap" targets Irish politician
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•Honeytrapped Irish politician spied for Russia during Brexit saga
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Irish military and security services identified the agent but, remarkably, they are still at large in the country’s parliament.
A surveillance operation found they met Sergey Prokopiev , a Russian spy who worked out of the Russian embassy in Dublin between 2019 and 2022 .
Cobalt offered to connect the Russians and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland at a sensitive time in the Brexit talks.
Intelligence sources believe the Kremlin hoped to exploit tensions and undermine relations between the UK , Ireland and the EU .
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