RUSSIAN SPIES: “Swiss federal officials suspected the pair of being Russian spies, posing as plumbers to install surveillance equipment to monitor private conversations of the world’s powerful during the World Economic Forum on behalf of the Kremlin.”
ft.com/content/98deb6… @ft
ft.com/content/98deb6… @ft
“Switzerland’s been particularly jumpy about Russian intelligence activity..Switzerland is a playground for Russia’s wealthy émigrés and recent reports have identified the state as a hub of Russian intrigue..one in four Russian diplomats based in Switzerland’s a spy.”-@FT
“Switzerland was a key liaison ground for GRU operatives responsible for the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal using a lethal nerve agent. The two suspects said the 6 trips they had made to Geneva before the assassination attempt in Salisbury were in order to relax.”-@FT
