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[Editor\u2019s note 28 August 2014: Timo Kivom\u00e4ki was found guilty under the Danish paragraph 108, the so-called mild espionage paragraph, on 31 May 2012. Mild espionage is defined as aiding a foreign intelligence service without directly researching for them or informing for them. He was given a five month prison sentence. A resum\u00e9 of the court\u2019s decision can be found here. He served two and a half months in home arrest and four days of community service]<\/p>\n

Professor of Political Science, Timo Kivim\u00e4ki, pleads not guilty to Danish intelligent service PET\u2019s accusations of espionage. <\/p>\n

The Professor acknowledges being paid to provide Russian diplomats from the embassy with formulated arguments and political analysis. This is normal for an academic, and something Kivim\u00e4ki has allegedly been employed to do on numerous times for various governments and embassies, according to Danish newspapers b.dk and politiken.dk. <\/p>\n

Read: Police: Copenhagen professor spied for Russians<\/a><\/p>\n

Danish intelligence service, PET, accuses Professor Kivim\u00e4ki of providing four Russian agents from the Russian intelligence service with security assessments and information about Denmark.<\/p>\n

University: Extra work in principle OK<\/h2>\n

Professor Kivim\u00e4ki may not have broken any University of Copenhagen (UCPH) regulations.<\/p>\n

This is because the UCPH allows academic employees to take other jobs alongside their university employment. Unrelated to this case, the University’s board is currently considering rules on extra work outside the University.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThere are many opportunities to work as advisors to foreign companies and governments, but it really depends on what it is. Espionage is not legal and that\u2019s it,\u00ab says Vice Director of Communications at UCPH, Jasper Steen Winkel, to b.dk, stressing that Kivim\u00e4ki has not yet been convicted.<\/p>\n

Read: Finnish professor scouted for student spies<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor: PET has ruined my carrier<\/h2>\n

Apart from an academic carrier, suspended Professor Kivim\u00e4ki had many prestigious jobs outside campus. Among others, he was advisor of previous Finnish president and Nobel price winner Martti Ahtisaari.<\/p>\n

Kivim\u00e4ki claims to have been interrogated by the Danish intelleigence service, PET, for a total of 350-400 hours since he was first arrested in 2010. <\/p>\n

\u00bbIn the beginning of the interrogations they used a method where I did not get enough sleep. I wasn\u2019t even given my asthma medication. I did not know that this type of activity is possible in a civilized country like Denmark,\u00ab Kivim\u00e4ki says Politiken.dk, adding that the suspicion of espionage has damaged many aspects of his career.<\/p>\n

anna.m.gaonkar@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This is normal for an academic, and something Kivim\u00e4ki has allegedly been employed to do on numerous times for various governments and embassies, according to Danish newspapers b.dk and politiken.dk. <\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"node\/14346\">Police: Copenhagen professor spied for Russians<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Danish intelligence service, PET, accuses Professor Kivim\u00e4ki of providing four Russian agents from the Russian intelligence service with security assessments and information about Denmark.<\/p>\n<h2>University: Extra work in principle OK<\/h2>\n<p>Professor Kivim\u00e4ki may not have broken any University of Copenhagen (UCPH) regulations.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the UCPH allows academic employees to take other jobs alongside their university employment. Unrelated to this case, the University’s board is currently considering rules on extra work outside the University.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThere are many opportunities to work as advisors to foreign companies and governments, but it really depends on what it is. Espionage is not legal and that\u2019s it,\u00ab says Vice Director of Communications at UCPH, Jasper Steen Winkel, to b.dk, stressing that Kivim\u00e4ki has not yet been convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"node\/14349\">Finnish professor scouted for student spies<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Professor: PET has ruined my carrier<\/h2>\n<p>Apart from an academic carrier, suspended Professor Kivim\u00e4ki had many prestigious jobs outside campus. Among others, he was advisor of previous Finnish president and Nobel price winner Martti Ahtisaari.<\/p>\n<p>Kivim\u00e4ki claims to have been interrogated by the Danish intelleigence service, PET, for a total of 350-400 hours since he was first arrested in 2010. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn the beginning of the interrogations they used a method where I did not get enough sleep. I wasn\u2019t even given my asthma medication. I did not know that this type of activity is possible in a civilized country like Denmark,\u00ab Kivim\u00e4ki says Politiken.dk, adding that the suspicion of espionage has damaged many aspects of his career.<\/p>\n<p>anna.m.gaonkar@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1035,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11488,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35954,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551\/revisions\/35954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}