Georgian arrested in Greece for alleged espionage

A Georgian man was arrested in northern Greece for suspected espionage, police told AFP on Saturday, in the the second such case in a week.
The 67-year-old was arrested in on Friday outside a military camp in Serres because he was allegedly taking photographs in an area where it is forbidden.
The man was noticed by soldiers, who alerted the police.
According to a police official, the man appeared before prosecutors on Saturday.
On Friday, authorities remanded in custody a Greek man suspected of photographing supply convoys on behalf of Russia in the port city of Alexandroupolis.
Alexandroupolis has been a key gateway for the American military, used to transport supplies into Europe under a mutual defence pact.
The 59-year-old man of Georgian descent was arrested Tuesday in the northeastern city and taken before an investigating magistrate for a hearing Friday.
A police source told AFP that the suspect, who has identified himself as a house painter, was targeting military convoys to Ukraine.
The man "confessed to taking photos and video of military material, acting on behalf of another person to whom he sent the footage via an encrypted application," a police said in a statement Tuesday.
But during Friday's hearing, the suspect said he had "done nothing illegal", according to a judicial source.
He said "photos showing the transport of NATO equipment have already been published many times in the media, both locally and on the internet", the judicial source added.
The police source said the suspect, who had served in the Russian army in his youth, had apparently been enlisted by Russia's GRU military intelligence service via an intermediary.