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Belgiums federal prosecutors office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliaments building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference...
Prosecutors said in statement that the suspects office in Strasbourg, where the EU Parliaments headquarters are located in France, was also searched in partnership with the EUs judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, and French judicial authorities...
The searches are part of a case of interference, passive corruption and membership of a criminal organization and relates to indications of Russian interference, whereby Members of the European Parliament were approached and paid to promote Russian propaganda via the Voice of Europe news website, prosecutors said.. Prosecutors said they believe the employee played a significant role in this..
