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Sarah Kendall, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

A Russian-born ADF soldier and her husband have been charged with spying. What does this mean?

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Yesterday morning, the Australian Federal Police arrested a Russian-born Australian couple for spying.

Police allege Kira Korolev, an Australian Defence Force (ADF) army private, undertook undeclared travel to Russia while on long-term leave. While there, she allegedly instructed her husband, Igor Korolev, to log on to her work account and access defence force material to send to her.

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