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Who was Petr Polshikov? Russian diplomat ‘shot dead in Moscow’ – here’s what we know
High-ranking Polshikov was reportedly discovered with a bullet wound to his head ..
The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear but it is understood cops are examining all possible theories as to his death.
It is alleged two empty bullet shells were found in the flat in the city and that a gun was discovered under the sink in the bathroom.
Ren TV showed footage from the crime scene with reports saying the diplomat's wife was in the flat at the time of the shooting, and is safe.
Oleg Erovinkin, a former general in the KGB and its successor the FSB, was found dead in the back of his car in Moscow on Boxing Day in mysterious circumstances.
Erovinkin was a key aide to Igor Sechin, a former deputy prime minister and now head of Rosneft, the state-owned oil company, who is repeatedly named in the dossier.
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Erovinkin has been described as a key liaison between Sechin and Russian president Vladimir Putin. Mr Steele writes in an intelligence report dated July 19, 2016, he has a source close to Sechin, who had disclosed alleged links between Mr Trump’s supporters and Moscow
Senior Russian diplomat found dead in Athens apartment, say Greek police
Andrey Malanin, 54, was found dead on his bathroom floor by another member of embassy staff, a police official said.
According to the embassy's website, Mr Malanin was the head of the consular section.
Police have launched an investigation and the authorities were awaiting a report from the coroner, but there was apparently no evidence of a break in.
Two Russian intelligence officers who worked on cyberoperations and a Russian computer security expert have been arrested and charged with treason for providing information to the United States, according to multiple Russian news reports.
Those arrested by the agency’s internal affairs bureau included Sergei Mikhailov, a deputy director of the Center for Information Security, the agency’s computer security arm, and Ruslan Stoyanov, a senior researcher at a prominent Russian computer security company, Kaspersky Lab.
A nationalist publication, Tsargrad, and RBC, a respected business newspaper, identified on Friday a third suspect, Dmitry Dokuchayev.
Described as a former hacker who used the online pseudonym Forb, Mr. Dokuchayev had agreed to work for the F.S.B. to avoid prosecution for credit card fraud, a rampant crime in Russia.
the F.S.B. added a theatrical touch to the arrest of Mr. Mikhailov (Deputy Director of Information Security)
Agents arresting the suspected spy placed a bag over his head in the midst of a congress of senior intelligence agency officers in Moscow and led him from the room
On Wednesday, Reuters reported (in great detail) how 19.5% of Rosneft, Russia’s state oil company, has been sold to parties unknown. This was done through a dizzying array of shell companies, so that the most that can be said with certainty now is that the money “paying” for it was originally loaned out to the shell layers by VTB (the government’s official bank), even though it’s highly unclear who, if anyone, would be paying that loan back; and the recipients have been traced as far as some Cayman Islands shell companies.
Why is this interesting? Because the much-maligned Steele Dossier (the one with the golden showers in it) included the statement that Putin had offered Trump 19% of Rosneft if he became president and removed sanctions. The reason this is so interesting is that the dossier said this in July, and the sale didn’t happen until early December. And 19.5% sounds an awful lot like “19% plus a brokerage commission.”
Conclusive? No. But it raises some very interesting questions for journalists to investigate
originally posted by: butcherguy
I see that the arrests would be tied to Putin, but where is the confirmation that Putin was connected to the ones that were killed off?
Couldn't they have just as easily been killed off by their handlers at the Clinton Foundation?
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: Indigo5
So the cia outed sources in the kremlin and now they are dead?
Are you surprised russia would kill suspected spys?
Are you surprised the cia would out its sources in russia?
originally posted by: odzeandennz
a reply to: Indigo5
its a bit too late. the real Dossier is in possession of one of the US intel committee.
this is now a chess match. the pieces are already set up.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Any sources that aren't NWO propaganda outlets?
originally posted by: Painterz
I was about to say 'in before fake-news' gets called, but I see fake news has already been called.
Fascinating list though OP, I agree, it looks awfully awfully suspicious doesn't it.
It's amazing how much flak Obama got for the most minor of things. But here we are with a potentially vast and plausible conspiracy theory that somebody high up in the Trump administration is leaking critical intel to the Russians, and it's... largely discounted by many people.
Sergei Mikhailov, a top cybersecurity specialist in the FSB, and his deputy Dmitry Dokuchaev are being accused of “breaking their oath and working with the CIA,” Interfax reported, citing an anonymous source that did not specify if Mikhailov and Dokuchaev worked directly with the CIA or through intermediaries.
“Four people have been arrested in this case, and eight individuals in total have been identified as accomplices. Only four suspects have been charged, and the others could get off as witnesses,” the source told Interfax.
originally posted by: AMPTAH
Looks like Trump is a Russian double agent, and started feeding Putin the details on how the US acquired the info on his hotel room episode so Putin could clean out the Russian rats.
originally posted by: Indigo5
If anyone...at any level of the US government...gave these men up to the Russians, they absolutely should stand trial for Treason. They betrayed this country and have blood on their hands.
originally posted by: AMPTAH
originally posted by: Indigo5
If anyone...at any level of the US government...gave these men up to the Russians, they absolutely should stand trial for Treason. They betrayed this country and have blood on their hands.
How would that be accomplished?
Trump is removing all government employees that disagree with him.