Category: GRU

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Alexander Litvinenko,

Russia Behind Litvinenko Murder, European Court Rules

Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who became a British citizen, was fatally poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 in London in 2006. A UK public inquiry conducted 10 years later concluded that the killing was “probably approved” by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia has always denied any involvement in his murder. Source: Russia behind Litvinenko murder, rules...

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Mishkin & Chepiga

Россия: Главное разведывательное управление (ГРУ)

(In English: Inside Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate] Заявленная миссия ГРУ заключается в предоставлении военной разведки президенту и правительству России. Дополнительные задачи включают обеспечение военной, экономической и технологической безопасности России.  В отличие от других российских спецслужб, Федеральной службы безопасности (ФСБ) и СВР, ГРУ не является министерской организацией. ГРУ подчиняется начальнику генерального штаба и министру обороны, а...

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Joe Biden (Credit - Creative Commons)

How Top World Intelligence Agencies Assess the U.S. Presidential Election

[The Series: Spies on Election 2020: RUSSIA | ISRAEL | SOUTH KOREA] IRAN | How do the world’s spy services understand  America’s presidential election? Friend or foe, all of these intelligence agencies have a big stake in the outcome of the race between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. The DEEP STATES web...

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John Ratcliffe ODNI

Here’s the Truth about the Recent Latest Cyberattacks Targeting the US Election 

  The Stanford Internet Observatory corroborates the reporting on this site about the role of Russian and Iranian intelligence agencies in the U..S. president election. As intelligence analyst Maysam Behravesh wrote on this blog, the reports blaming Iran for a Proud Boy threats against Democrats were hasty and unfounded, while Russian efforts have been abetted...

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Russia Hackers Wanted

Russian Intelligence Agencies Target the U.S. Vote, Abetted By Trump

[First in a Series: How Top World Intelligence Agencies Assess the US Election] Russian intelligence agencies – encouraged by the absence of any real U.S. pushback – are actively promoting disinformation about the U.S. presidential election, while seeking to hack into election systems, according to former CIA officers with Russian expertise and a wide variety...