EU digital boss says he 'sure' Russia spied during Gazprom talks

Spies regularly target the European Commission, the region's digital economy boss said on Thursday, specifically suggesting that Russia had listened in during negotiations last year over gas supplies to Ukraine. "My security experts tell me regularly of attacks from both inside and outside Europe," Guenther Oettinger, Europe's Commissioner for the digital economy, said at an event. During his previous position as EU energy commissioner, Oettinger last year led negotiations between Ukraine and Ru