In hindsight, some things just didn\u2019t add up about Jose Giammaria.<\/p>\n
For one, the guest researcher at the University of Tromso, in Norway\u2019s Arctic Circle, was ostensibly Brazilian. But he couldn\u2019t speak Portuguese. Then there was the fact that he self-funded his visit, an oddity in academia, and even planned to extend it \u2014 yet he never talked about his research. But he was always helpful, even offering to redesign the home page for the Center for Peace Studies, where he worked.<\/p>\n
That was until Oct. 24, when Norway\u2019s security police, the PST, arrived with a warrant to search his office. Days later, they announced his arrest as a Russian spy, named Mikhail Mikushin.<\/p>\n
The revelation sent a chill through campus, said Marcela Douglas, who heads the Center for Peace Studies, which researches security and conflict. \u201cI started to see spies everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n European nations have grown wary that a desperate Kremlin is exploiting their open societies to deepen attempts at spying, sabotage and infiltration. https:\/\/t.co\/rbhylhc7yz<\/a><\/p>\n — New York Times World (@nytimesworld) December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n