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Kremlin Critics Say Russia Is Targeting Its Foes Abroad With Killings, Poisonings and Harassment usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians – prominent or not – have been blamed on Moscow’s intelligence operatives across Europe and elsewhere. ....
From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services whether known as the Cheka or by the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived. Intelligence experts say that policy is still followed by Russian President Vladimir […] ....
Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians abroad have been blamed on Moscow’s intelligence operatives across Europe and elsewhere. Despite attempts by Western governments to dismantle Russian spy networks, experts say the Kremlin apparently is still able to pursue those it deems traitors in an attempt to silence dissent. Moscow denies targeting its critics but they increasingly fear the long-arm of Putin's security services, including in countries once thought safe. There is a long history of such incidents from revolutionary Leon Trotsky, killed in Mexico in 1940, to defector Alexander Litvinenko, who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 in London in 2006. ....