Russian intelligence and the long arm of vengeance
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Authors
Gioe, David V.
Goodman, Michael S.
Issue Date
2018
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Other
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Keywords
Soviet/Russian Military Intelligence Service , British intelligence
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Abstract
Moscow has a long history of murdering enemies of the state in far-off places. Those cooperating with the West, especially in the realm of intelligence, have been targeted for assassination since before World War II.
On March 4, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, the most recent victims of Moscow’s vengeance, were found unresponsive on a park bench in the sleepy English city of Salisbury, poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent in the Russian inventory. Nine days later, Nikolai Glushkov died in an “unexplained” manner, according to British police, who are taking nothing for granted.
Mr. Skripal was a former member of the Soviet/Russian Military Intelligence Service, the GRU, but secretly served British intelligence for at least a decade. He was convicted of treason in Russia and swapped in exchange for Russian deep cover “illegals” in 2010, but never forgiven. From the Russian perspective, there is no statue of limitations on betrayal.
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Citation
David V. Gioe and Michael S. Goodman. "Russian intelligence and the long arm of vengeance". The Washington Times, 2018.
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The Washington Times