‘The evidence included texts and emails from Russian military officers and information gleaned from a top-secret source close to Mr. Putin, who had described to the C.I.A. how the Kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation.’ nytimes.com/2018/07/18/wor…
Pilot shot in helicopter crash which killed senior Putin prosecutor had two bullets in body when found in crash.
Saak Karapetyan was chief counsel in charge of investigation by The Kremlin on poisoning of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England.
Media reports in Russia say he died last week when his helicopter crashed into a forest during an unauthorized flight in the Kostroma region, northeast of Moscow. thedailybeast.com/russian-offici…
The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday night, when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby’s in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction. nyti.ms/2BYNLyh?smid=n…
‘Even while its hacking of the Democratic National Committee was underway, the G.R.U. was conducting similar operations around the world.’ nyti.ms/2P8xURu
Alexander Poteyev, the ex-Russian intelligence officer who gave up Anna Chapman & other Russian spies to the CIA, was presumed dead since 2016. Found in Florida, the CIA asked journalists not to disclose his data, once found by matching a fishing license. en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/e…
Alexander Poteyev had already fled to the United States when in 2011 the Russian court sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
September 2018, the @NYTimes stated that an assassination attempt on Poteyev was planned by the Kremlin, but that the FBI had prevented it.
After extensive training abroad, Russian agents arrived in the US under fake identities. Working in pairs and posing as married couples, their aim was to blend into their surroundings perfectly. They bought homes in leafy suburbs, took vanilla day jobs — buzzfeednews.com/article/alexca…