Leonid Slutsky from Putin's negotiating team made some alarming comments on Telegram, which tell us a lot about the evolving Russian disinformation narrative on biological weapons. Some key points /1
Slutsky accused the US of becoming curators of biolabs that created vaccine and antibiotic resistant pathogens, and also tested pathogens on the "local genotype (Slavic)" /2
Slutsky also cited the resurgence of infectious diseases in Ukraine as proof of these biolab operations. Measles, cholera and hemorrhagic pneumonia surfaced in Ukraine after the mid-2000s /3
Slutsky saw hemorrhagic pneumonia as especially intriguing, as it previously was confined to "equatorial Africa" but entered Europe via Ukraine /4
Slutsky justifies pre-emptive war in Ukraine as these biolabs were in Russia's vicinity.
And ends with an ominous warning: "Our duty is not to let it be silenced, not to let Washington get out of this criminal adventure for the entire Slavic world unpunished again" /5
And ends with an ominous warning: "Our duty is not to let it be silenced, not to let Washington get out of this criminal adventure for the entire Slavic world unpunished again" /5
These narratives should be heeded as they could encourage Russia to carry out a WMD response (most likely chemical) or create a biological false flag attack that justifies further escalations of the war in Ukraine /6
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