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Having campaigned for more than 25 years to have the UK government sanction the Russian oligarchs who moved to the UK and particularly London/Moscow on the Thames back in 90s after the aluminium and oil wars in Russia it is very encouraging to see that having sanctione 
the Oligarchs and frozen their assets... The K-Cell of NCA is investigating the oligarch Enablers that can include professionals like private bankers, estate agents, specialist concierges, accountants and solicitors who are hired by the Oligarchs and other extremely
wealthy Russians to maintain their properties seized by Treasury.
The Oligarchs can have transferred finances to an enabler, an associate or family member in order for all the services required to maintain a property like security, gardening, household etc.
The Oligarchs can have transferred finances to an enabler, an associate or family member in order for all the services required to maintain a property like security, gardening, household etc.
Having campaigned for more than 25 years to have the UK government sanction the Russian oligarchs who moved to the UK and particularly London/Moscow on the Thames back in 90s after the aluminium and oil wars in Russia it is very encouraging to see that having sanctioned
the Oligarchs and frozen their assets... The K-Cell of NCA is investigating the oligarch Enablers that can include professionals like private bankers, estate agents, specialist concierges, accountants and solicitors who are hired by the Oligarchs and other extremely
wealthy Russians to maintain their properties seized by Treasury.
The Oligarchs can have transferred finances to an enabler, an associate or family member in order for all the services required to maintain a property like security, gardening, household etc.
The Oligarchs can have transferred finances to an enabler, an associate or family member in order for all the services required to maintain a property like security, gardening, household etc.
Ousting Putin..
Ousting Putin will be no easy task as there are not that many ways to oust him as I will present here..
1. There is of course the possibility he could be taken out by an assassin but as I know from personal experience with colleagues who worked security detail
Ousting Putin will be no easy task as there are not that many ways to oust him as I will present here..
1. There is of course the possibility he could be taken out by an assassin but as I know from personal experience with colleagues who worked security detail
for previous Presidents, Putin's close protection team are well equipped with latest equipment that even discovers shooters from some distance away so I don't actually see assassination as a viable alternative. His Aurus car is well protected as well and larger than Biden's Beast
So we move on..
2. Military coup remains doubtful in my opinion due to the vastness of the country and the coordination required across the country to set the wheels of a military coup in motion. It is a different matter in smaller countries like back in 1989 when I witnessed
2. Military coup remains doubtful in my opinion due to the vastness of the country and the coordination required across the country to set the wheels of a military coup in motion. It is a different matter in smaller countries like back in 1989 when I witnessed
Former KGB, FSB, GRU agents/officers and how the West has a tendency to see them.
With my 45 years experience of working with the Russians, their security services and in 90s and early 2000s with security detail for the extremely wealthy Russian elite
With my 45 years experience of working with the Russians, their security services and in 90s and early 2000s with security detail for the extremely wealthy Russian elite
I deem myself experienced enough to express my opinion about the topic here...
What we in the west often do is as soon as a former agent but preferably officer makes themselves known to us we put them on a pedestal and take their words for gospel.
What we in the west often do is as soon as a former agent but preferably officer makes themselves known to us we put them on a pedestal and take their words for gospel.
I have met so many Russian security agents/officers over the years both when I have been questioned by them in USSR/Russia and when I have met former agents/officers and a vast majority of them are simply cogs in a massive wheel working on pretty mundane assignments and very,very
1/A thread on @ashrafghani #ashrafghani, the former President of #Afghanistan who recently fled the country. I worked with him very closely for 5 years (2007-2012) before he was President- writing speeches, researching Afghanistan etc. At that point I knew him very well.
2/Most of what is out there on #Twitter so far tends to fall into 2 camps: the “he ran off with bags of cash narrative and is a traitor” or “he tried to do the right things but was a product of circumstances.” #Afghanistan #Taliban
3/ It is the Russians that are pushing this idea that he ran off with bags of cash- which the Western press is now amplifying. No evidence for this yet except unknown “witnesses”- and the Russians have a clear motive to discredit the American-backed regime.
