Monday, August 24, 2020

Was There Any Doubt of This; Putin's Poisoners Ed.

The Berlin hospital treating the seriously ill Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, says he appears to have been poisoned.
No doubt at all.

In short, he was poisoned with some sort of nerve agent.

4 comments:

  1. The FSB are a bunch of screwups
    https://www.bellingcat.com/tag/skripal/

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  2. Trump is so jealous of his BFF's freedom to kill his enemies unimpeded that he consults Putin frequently and secretly on best methods, techniques and best poisons. He's learned a lot he can put into practice after his buddy helps him steal another election.

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  3. https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-military-spies-are-a-laughing-stock-but-theyre-dangerous-as-hell

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  4. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-decline-of-russia-spy-agencies-gru
    The modern GRU was still using the old Soviet playbook when it came to covert operations such as the murder of enemies outside the country. These analogue plots now took place in a digital environment. GRU officers earned their spurs in the Soviet “near abroad” – in Tajikistan, Moldova or Ukraine, where there were few cameras to worry about, and not much of a CIA or other American presence.

    Western Europe was different. Britain, in particular, was a counter-intelligence challenge. The UK had CCTV on every public corner – in railway stations, hotel lobbies and airports. Any passengers arriving on a flight from Moscow would be logged and filmed. A port-of-entry database was available to western security agencies.

    Meanwhile, Russian markets sold CDs of mass official information: home addresses, car registrations, telephone directories and other bulk indexes. For £80 or so you could buy traffic police records. With the right contacts, and a modest cash payment, it was even possible to gain access to the national passport database.

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