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Bellingcat has now exposed the real identity of 4 GRU operatives. First, Oleg Vladimirovich Ivannikov, code name "Orion", linked to the downing of #MH17 bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
Next, the first Skripal suspect we exposed, Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga of the GRU, aka sports nutrition salesman and international cathedral enthusiast "Ruslan Boshirov". bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
Third was the other Skripal suspect, the GRU's Dr. Alexander Mishkin, aka snow fearing Russian tourist “Alexander Petrov”
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And today, the fourth, Vladimir Nikolaevich Moiseev, wanted by @INTERPOL_HQ under his cover ID Vladimir Popov, involved with the 2016 coup in Montenegro bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
In addition, during our research we discovered 305 car registrations to the GRU Conservatory in Moscow, pointing to potentially hundreds more aliases and real identities of GRU operatives.
bellingcat.com/news/2018/10/0…
More to come on the GRU and the real identities of their operatives in the coming weeks.
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We're running a (free) workshop in Bishkek, 26-28 January 2019. The training will be led in Russian by two Bellingcat trainers. Check the information in the post if you would like to participate.
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We at @bellingcat have finally published our report revealing the identity of #MH17 person of interest 'Andrei Ivanovich' (Orion) -- it's GRU officer Oleg Ivannikov, who previously served as Minister of Defense of South Ossetia (yes, seriously).
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