According to the Financial Times, citing five sources, Western intelligence services warned leaders of European defense agencies that Russia is stepping up attempts to physically eliminate executives of defense companies in Europe. In response, companies are strengthening security for top managers, and Germany’s BfV is advising them to hire private personal security.

#BfV #Rheinmetall #Gru #Kremlin #NATO #Ukraine

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Radio Free Europe’s Balkan Service and the «System» project discovered among the staff of the Russian embassy in Serbia the assistant military attaché Alexander Krasy, whom Bulgaria declared persona non grata in 2021. Before working in Belgrade, he held the same position at the Russian embassy in Bulgaria.

#AlexandrKrasy #Bulgaria #Gru #EmeljanGebrev #Russia #Serbia

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Russian security services, according to the Financial Times, have intensified preparations for attacks on the heads of European defense companies, including manufacturers of drones and their components. According to representatives of five European intelligence services, the Kremlin is also expanding sabotage and other hybrid operations in Europe, seeking to weaken support for Ukraine in the coming months.

#FainenshlTaims #Thepossibilityofamajorwar #Gru #europe #EuropeandRussia #specialservices

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On the evening of August 4, a drone carrying an explosive charge crashed into the wing of an An-124 Ruslan, which was parked at Leipzig Airport in Germany. The charge did not detonate, the device fell to the ground, and a few hours later it was discovered by a bus driver.

#DerSpiegel #TheInsider #Gru #Leipzig #Russianguard #CentrDose

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British The Telegraph and German Welt am Sonntag, in a joint investigation, named Russian citizen Oleg Levushkin as the alleged organizer of the attempted sabotage at Leipzig Airport, and Belarusian citizen Andrey Karshakov as the direct perpetrator. The publication claims that the conclusions are based on documents from the intelligence services of Germany, Lithuania, and Poland, as well as data from senior representatives of Western intelligence agencies.

#AeroportLeypciga #GoetheInstitut #Gru #DenisSmoljaninov #RussianHouse #SergeySkripal

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In Latvia, two citizens of the country were arrested on suspicion of spying on the Ādaži military base, where a NATO brigade is stationed, in favor of Russian military intelligence. The case involves a married couple detained at the end of June; both were charged under Article 85 of Latvia’s Criminal Law.

#Gru #Latvia #NATO #Riga #Russia #espionage

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The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich writes in the book «This Damned Beautiful Land» that Vadim Krasikov, whom Germany handed over to Russia during the prisoner exchange in August 2024, was captured a year later on cameras at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow and behind the wheel of a BMW X6 in Moscow. Gershkovich suggests that this may indicate Krasikov’s return to work for the intelligence services.

#VadimKrasikov #VladimirPutin #Gru #FSB #Chkalovsky #EvanGershkovich

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German investigators believe that the attack on defense companies in Munich on September 3 was organized by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU), writes the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. No one was injured during the arson, and police soon detained two suspects.

#Helsing #RohdeSchwarz #Gru #Leipzig #Munich #Slovakia

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At least 29 of the 78 diplomatic employees of the Russian embassy in Serbia, or 37.2%, may be linked to the security services, according to data from the Rupep.org database analyzed by «Agentstvo». The Russian embassy and trade mission in Serbia employ 78 people; in Bulgaria, with a population of 6.7 million versus 6.6 million in Serbia, there are 18 Russian diplomats.

#Gru #RussianMinistryofDefense #EmbassyofRussiainSerbia #SVR #FSB #Croatia

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Emmanuel Macron said that the CIA did not warn French services about a supposedly planned Russian attack using drones. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto also did not confirm reports of possible attacks on France, Italy, and Spain.

#Germany #Gru #GuidoCrosetto #LeipzigHalle #cia #EmmanuelMacron

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Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has charged 57-year-old Berlin businesswoman Ilona V., a citizen of Germany and Ukraine, with espionage activities in favor of Russia. The charge, based on a 74-page indictment, came almost eight months after her arrest.

#Berlin #VladimirZelensky #Germany #Gru #FriedrichMerz

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German investigators suspect a Russian linked to the GRU and a Belarusian citizen of preparing an attack with explosive-laden drones on Leipzig Airport. One of the suspects, according to the investigation, was able to enter Germany and leave it without surveillance.

#Belarus #WarinUkraine #Germany #Gru #Sabotage #europe #Leipzig #Russia

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London police announced the arrest of 31-year-old UK resident Joshua Cammidge on charges of violating the national security law and cooperating with Russian intelligence. He was detained in Swindon in southwest England.

#UnitedKingdom #Gru #europe #Russia #specialservices

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In Soviet times, the Russian emigration was an important base for recruiting foreign agents, but after the collapse of the USSR, its numbers grew many times over – opening up inexhaustible opportunities for Russian intelligence services. The network of Russian influence agents and simple spy centers is visibly becoming denser

#agents #Analytics #antiRussiansanctions #VyacheslavNikonov #Gru #dictatorship #YevgenyPrimakov #Study #kgb #NataliaKardash #aftertheUSSR #legalfund #propaganda #Russianspecialservices #Rossotrudnichestvo #Russianworld #SVR #SergeyLavrov #compatriots #FSB

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