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NEW: On the eve of Catalonia's 2017 vote for independence, mysterious Russians reportedly offered 10,000 troops to help the territory break from Spain.

Now OCCRP and partners reveal new details about this #RussianOffer, how it was made — and by whom. 1/

occrp.org/en/investigati…
On the night before the historic vote, Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont met a man whom separatist leaders privately referred to as "Putin’s envoy.”

This was Nikolai Sadovnikov, a longtime diplomat who reportedly claimed to have a direct line to Vladimir Putin. 2/
Sadovnikov had a long career with the Russian foreign ministry — but according to a Western intelligence agency, he was also “an actor of Russian parallel diplomacy” who was “accountable only to the head of state, with whom he claims a certain proximity.” 3/
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