Professor guilty of spying for Russia COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 1 (UPI) -- A University of Copenhagen professor sentenced in Denmark to five months in prison for spying for Russian diplomats said he didn't expect to be convicted. Timo Kivimaki, 49, an international politics professor, was found guilty following a trial held behind closed doors, The Copenhagen Post reported Thursday. Kivimakim, who admitted meeting the Russian diplomats but denied knowing they were spies, said outside of the courtroom he didn't expect to be found guilty. "I was expecting to be let off," Kivimaki told the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. [The domestic intelligence agency] alleges that the diplomats I was in touch with were spies. I just thought they were ordinary diplomats. Kivimaki, a Finnish citizen living in Denmark since 1999, was found guilty of handing over documents to Russian diplomats during meetings between 2002 and 2010, the court said in a release. The court imposed "double-closed doors" to safeguard Denmark's relationship with Russia, the Post said. The secrecy surrounding the case was appealed to Denmark's Supreme Court.