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mlansbury@despora.de

Declassified US intelligence memorandum details Russia's suspected targeting of political adversaries abroad

The intelligence assessment, which Bloomberg obtained through the U.S.'s Freedom of Information Act, details how U.S. intelligence believed in 2016 that suspected Kremlin-ordered #assassinations abroad would likely persist.

The document includes well-known cases, such as the murder of Alexander #Litvinenko, a former #FSB agent who defected to the U.K.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-document-about-assassinations-suspected-by-russia/

#murder #Putin #RussianAssassins #assassination #Assassins

mlansbury@despora.de

Russian citizens attending Navalny vigils reportedly given draft summonses

At least six Russians arrested while attending makeshift memorials to the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison in Russia on Feb. 16, were given military draft notices upon their release from custody, local Russian media reported on Feb. 21.

Russian authorities have reportedly arrested hundreds of people for laying flowers at memorials to Navalny or otherwise publicly mourning his death.

Leaders around the world condemned Russia for #Navalny's death and blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for what has been consistently characterized as a murder.

https://kyivindependent.com/media-russians-attending-navalny-vigils-given-draft-summons/

#Russian #Murder #RussianAggression #assassinations #StandWithUkraine