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Secretive, reckless and sloppy. Russian GRU Unit 29155 staged nerve gas attack in UK (Skripal), Montenegro (coup/assassination plot vs PM), Moldova. Deeply reported piece by @mschwirtz nyti.ms/2LYVP6R. Plus bonus pics of GRU training facility! podpolkovnikvvs.livejournal.com/222086.html
@mschwirtz Worth underlining the fact that this elite team of GRU operatives tried (and failed) to kill Sergei Skripal and left behind plenty of fingerprints. They also tried (and failed) twice (!) to poison a Bulgarian arms dealer. GRU tradecraft during the Montenegro coup was also sloppy.
@mschwirtz "European security officials are also perplexed by the apparent sloppiness in the unit’s operations...It is difficult to know if the messiness has bothered the Kremlin. Perhaps, intelligence experts say, it is part of the point." END
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