Finnish media have published top secret information about surveillance of the Russian military
In Finland, there was a scandal after the publication in the media of classified information about the intelligence centre in Tikkakoski, has responded to Director And head of the defense Ministry of the country, and national law enforcement authorities opened a criminal case under the criminal code in connection with the transfer of the correspondents of classified information.
printed edition of Helsingin Sanomat in the Saturday edition published a lot of material with the name "Secret place Finland" on the Institute for exploration in Tikkakoski in Central part of the country, which would be As if doing surveillance for the Russian armed forces in the former Leningrad military district (LenVO).
Publication immediately caused a resonance at the " top ". For example, it was responded to by the head of Finland Sauli Niinistö² And the head of the Ministry of defense Jussi Niinistö² referred to respectively on the Internet representation And on Twitter.
National law enforcement agencies have stated that they check the fact of receiving by the media of sensitive data.
As highlighted in the newspaper article, the intelligence center in Tikkakoski focuses on monitoring all directions, but in practice it is focused on the Russian Federation. And the main focus of his work is the monitoring of Russian military power