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In light of attempts to phish the log in credentials of our researchers working on our Skripal/GRU investigations, here's a thread all about our various Skripal/GRU investigations. cc @mod_russia @russia @mfa_russia @russianembassy forbes.com/sites/zakdoffm…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy One of our first investigations involved a request to the public by the Joint Investigation Team investigating the downing of MH17, asking for help IDing "Orion", who we discovered was the GRU's Oleg Ivannikov bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy More details of Orion's/Oleg's involvement in the downing of MH17 can be found in our latest MH17 IDing nearly all the individuals in intercepted phone calls published by the JIT and SBU bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy Next, to the Skripal case, where we acquired passport data that indicated the 2 individuals identified by British authorities who went on Russia Today to claim they were sports nutrition salesmen were linked to Russian security services bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy With this information we were then able to track the movements of the two suspects across Europe using their fake personas: bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy Soon after that we were able to confirm the real identity of one of the two suspects, GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga. Chepiga was not only a member of the GRU, but awarded Russia's highest honour, the Hero of Russia medal
bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy The second Skripal suspect was then identified as the GRU's Dr. Alexander Mishkin, also awarded the Hero of Russia award. Hopefully not for his skills at keeping his identity a secret. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy A third individual travelled with the two Skripal suspects, and we discovered a link between him and another poisoning case in Bulgaria bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy We eventually found his real identity, senior GRU officer Denis Sergeev, seemingly the superior to both of the other Skripal suspects. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy We took a short break from IDing Skripal suspects, and ID'd another GRU officer linked to the 2016 attempted coup in Montenegro bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy Back to Skripal, we acquired the phone records of the third Skripal suspect, and first tracked his movements in great details through the UK around the time of the Skripal poisoning bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
@mod_russia @Russia @mfa_russia @RussianEmbassy Then, we tracked his movements through Switzerland to a number of locations linked to GRU activity, such as WADA bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
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Our new investigation into GRU's operations in Switzerland just before the Skripals' poisoning is out. This time we partnered with the investigative team of Swiss media group Tamedia, in addition to our traditional investigative partner @the_ins_ru bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
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We worked with @BBCNewsnight on a new investigation into Denis Sergey ("Sergey Fedotov"), a GRU officer who coordinated the operation to poison Skripal with his colleagues Alexander Mishkin and Anatoliy Chepiga. We'll summarize our findings in this thread.
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Yesterday we published a deep dive on Saud al-Qahtani.

Who is he? Since October 2018, he has been known as the "mastermind" of the #Khashoggi murder.

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