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People wait outside a courtroom at the Stockholm District Court for the trial of a Russian-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade, in Stockholm, on Sept. 4, 2023. A Swedish court on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, released a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov, 60, is accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power,” namely the United States. Skvortsov, who is awaiting a verdict in his trial which ended Sept. 28, was released with the Stockholm District Court saying that “there is no longer reason to keep the defendant in custody.” The verdict is due Oct. 26. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP)
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