Unit 29155's commander, Generlal Andrey Averyanov personally supervised the Czech ammo terror mission. Read our latest:
bellingcat.com/news/2021/04/2…
bellingcat.com/news/2021/04/2…
The unprecedented scale of the operation (8+ people) including the fact that a top GRU General would take the risk to fly undercover, shows how important this mission must have been for the Kremlin. Several military awards were given to unit members in the wake of the operation.
Gen. Averyanov is not your run-of-the-mill spetsnaz guy. He reports directly to the GRU chief, and we found he communicated directly with Lavrov around the time his unit poisoned the Skripals, and killed Dawn Sturgess. This means the Kremlin was aware, and likely requested the op
We spotted several members of this kill team were spotted at the wedding of Averyanov's daughter, and sports drinks salesman "Boshirov" - talk about coincidence! - was a guest of honor. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
I couldn't stop laughing when, a couple years ago, I found out Averyanov's cover identity...it being Overyanov (the two names pronounced exactly the same way in Russian).
It's like if my spy name would be Kristo Grozeff.
It's like if my spy name would be Kristo Grozeff.
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