The investigation determined that Maj. Denis Metsavas worked for Russian intelligence longer than initially believed. It can be said that almost his entire career in the Estonian Defense Forces – from officer’s school to the general staff – took place under the watchful eye of Estonia’s eastern neighbor. The higher Metsavas climbed through the ranks, the more damage his treason caused.
The year was 2007. The Bronze Night was dividing society, and Russian special services were having a field day. We were more vulnerable than ever before. It was then the paths of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) and Denis Metsavas crossed.
Metsavas was still a young non-commissioned officer (29 at the time he was recruited). The prosecution and the central criminal police do not reveal how then master’s student of the Officers’ School in Tartu found himself in the sphere of interest of the GRU.
It is likely Metsavas did not agree to work with Russian intelligence at first and hoped the matter would die down. “He got entangled. Cut off his escape route. His behavior led him to a situation where he had no choice but to cooperate with them,” Director General of the Estonian Internal Security Service Arnold Sinisalu hinted. He emphasized that officials should immediately report it if they are contacted by the GRU.
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