Former Swedish intelligence officer jailed for life for spying for Russia

Younger brother of Peyman Kia, who judge said had abused trust placed in him, also given 10-year jail term

A court in Stockholm has sentenced a former Swedish intelligence officer to life imprisonment and his younger brother to 10 years after finding both guilty of spying for Russia’s military intelligence service for more than a decade.

Peyman Kia, aged 42, served in the Swedish security and counter-intelligence service, Sapo, and in armed forces intelligence agencies including the foreign intelligence agency (Must) and KSI, a top-secret unit dealing with Swedish spies abroad.