🦇🌏Igor Korobov, Russia’s GRU Chief, dies “after a serious and long illness” at age 63 after “a series of embarrassments for which he was reportedly berated by President Vladimir Putin.”
telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/2…
telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/2…
🦇🌏The previous head of GRU, Gen Igor Sergun, died of a heart attack at the age of the 58.
‼️Michael Carpenter, an adviser on Russia for the Obama administration:
💸Korobov was sanctioned by the Trump administration in March 2018 for interfering in the 2016 election & cyber attacks against the Ukraine
& other countries in 2017 that officials have characterized as “the most destructive and costly” in history.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
& other countries in 2017 that officials have characterized as “the most destructive and costly” in history.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
🦇🌏Former GRU Chief Igor Korobov was also sanctioned by then President Barack Obama by Executive Order in December 2016 for “aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election in 2016.”
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-offi…
🦇🌏But yet in January of 2018, the Trump administration seemed to think Korobov and two other top Russian spies were O.K. to visit the United States.
🇷🇺From @washingtonpost: Trump, after balking, finally signed the law [March 2018 sanctions] but issued two statements saying that he believed the legislation was “seriously flawed.”
🙌👊Also because Trump knew his veto would have been overriden.
🙌👊Also because Trump knew his veto would have been overriden.
🦇🌏In any case, the GRU “embarrassing” incidents that allegedly irked Putin: 
🦇🌏And more GRU embarrassment:
🦇🌏And more GRU embarrassment:
⚡️And more.
🔥🔥☠️Allegations from Russian journalist Sergey Kanev that Korobov fell ill after his “dressing down” by Putin.☠️🔥🔥
🔥🔥☠️Allegations from Russian journalist Sergey Kanev that Korobov fell ill after his “dressing down” by Putin.☠️🔥🔥
⁉️And guess what?
🗞Russian journalist Sergey Kanev of The Insider had to flee Russia in Late September 2018, fearing “possible prosecution for his work.”
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🗞Russian journalist Sergey Kanev of The Insider had to flee Russia in Late September 2018, fearing “possible prosecution for his work.”
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🗣Sergey Kanev:
Sergey Kanev knows what it is like to be imperiled for his crime reporting: facing a near strangulation with a wire & a hot iron placed on his chest.
He was profiled by the @nytimes’ Ellen Barry in 2009. Moscow Crime Reporter, Facing His Obituary Daily:
nytimes.com/2009/06/07/wor…
He was profiled by the @nytimes’ Ellen Barry in 2009. Moscow Crime Reporter, Facing His Obituary Daily:
nytimes.com/2009/06/07/wor…
📰Kanev previously wrote for Novaya Gazeta, “a newspaper known for two things: its pugnacious assaults on the Russian government, and the number of its staff members who have been murdered.”
Six. One since the 2009 @nytimes article.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaya_Ga…
Six. One since the 2009 @nytimes article.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaya_Ga…
📰One of the Novaya Gazeta reporters was Anna Politkovskaya:
🗞Another was Yuri Shchekochikhin:
📰And another, Anastasia Baburova 👇
🗣Sergey Kanev quote from @nytimes article:
🇷🇺”We try to reach our citizens to say, ‘Look, people, it’s enough,’ ” Mr. Kanev said. “Let’s take back our country. This is where we were born, right?
🇷🇺”We try to reach our citizens to say, ‘Look, people, it’s enough,’ ” Mr. Kanev said. “Let’s take back our country. This is where we were born, right?
🎯The U.K.’s the Sun cites Sergey Kanev’s reporting of Korobov falling ill after meeting with Putin.
thesun.co.uk/news/7451071/v…
thesun.co.uk/news/7451071/v…
