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So here's evidence of *another* Russian espionage operation: on Friday the Swiss Federal Prosecutors confirmed to me they are investigating Russians caught spying on @wada conference in Lausanne in March 2017
The Russians were apparently trying to bug or hack the conference as part of a long term operation against WADA and the Int Olympic Cttee as the latter moved to ban Russia from the winter Olympics. I understand this operation included people on the ground in Switzerland
Although 'Petrov & Boshirov' travelled a few times to Switzerland late last year and had their 'sports nutrition' cover, I'm hearing they were NOT connected with the Russian operation against WADA and the IOC
Bad tag, apologies, I meant @wada_ama conference in Lausanne in March 2017
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Thread on 'Petrov & Boshirov': when the police named them on 5/9/18 as part of a witness appeal I had my doubts. Who on earth would come forward in Russia to do this? But it has proved a very deft move news.met.police.uk/news/counter-t…
Straight away some independent Russian media started mining away, finding 'Petrov & Boshirovs' flight records and the suspiciously sequential passport numbers fontanka.ru/2018/09/05/075/
Seeing the way things were headed, the Kremlin decided to produce the two men, leading to their astonishing appearance on RT. History may record this as one of the biggest information warfare blunders ever telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/1…
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Col Skripal was a high value MI6 asset while working for the GRU (military intelligence) in the late 90s, early 2000s. He's believed to have run their personnel Ops in Moscow & was in a position to have given MI6 the whole GRU order of battle
After reaching the UK, Col Skripal was given an MI6 pension. In return he would speak to military academies and allied intelligence services about the GRU, its methods & leading personalities. People who heard him talk describe a bulldog of a man, v tough ex-para
Col Skripal's wife died in the UK in 2012 and his son, while on holiday in Russia last year. His son had been very ill, ppl tell me they did not regard it as suspicious, his body was brought to the UK. Of his close family only his daughter survives
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