HELSINKI, March 30 (RIA Novosti, Olga Andrianova) - Russia expressed grave concern over what it called the "inhumanity" of the Swedish authorities after a court ruled a Russian suspected of espionage should be remanded in custody, and said it could affect bilateral relations.
Anatoly Kargapolov, the press secretary of the Russian embassy in Stockholm, said: "The inhumanity of the Swedish authorities is frustrating bilateral relations and has raised grave concern in Russian society."
Police detained 30-year-old Andrei Zamyatnin, working as an assistant at an agricultural university in Uppsala researching plant viruses, on February 15, and a court has ruled four times since then to remand him in custody.
Sweden's counter-espionage service (SAPO) said the researcher was being held on suspicion of spying for a certain country, but is still refusing to unveil either details of the investigation or which country Zamyatnin was allegedly spying for.
The next hearing will take place April 12.
