No, this isn't the start of the latest James Bond movie: Swiss police reportedly believe they uncovered two Russian spies who had posed as plumbers in order to bug world leaders at Davos this week.
Smirnov added that unverified reports suggest two men with Russian passports were picked up, but not found guilty of any suspicious activities.
"The story goes, as far as I understand it, is that police wanted to check documents of men who they thought were suspicious. They were released, but still observed. The police did not see anything suspicious and the men just left," Smirnov told CNBC. Relations between Switzerland and Russia have been strained by previous spying allegations. In 2018, the Russian ambassador in Bern wasby the Swiss media that one in four Russian diplomats based in the country was a spy.
This was after the Swiss government said that two Russian spies had been caught and then expelled from the Hague in the Netherlands for their attempts to hack into a Swiss laboratory. Visitors to this year's WEF event include President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Hundreds of top-ranked executives are also in attendance.
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