Lithuania has ordered the detention of a Russian citizen on suspicion of spying. <br /><br /> The individual is accused of trying to infiltrate Lithuania’s leadership, law enforcement and security institutions – according to the prosecutor -general’s office.<br /><br /> The move will do little to ease already strained relations between Vilnius and Moscow.<br /><br /> Last week Lithuania which is a member of NATO and of the European Union summoned the Russian ambassador after accusing Russian ships of disturbing the laying of an underwater power cable connecting its grid to Sweden.<br /><br /> In 2014 three Russian spies working under diplomatic immunity were expelled.
