US EditionPutin's Operatives Weaponise European Properties in Plot to Sabotage NATO
Russian-linked operatives have acquired numerous properties across Europe near critical military sites to support covert surveillance, logistics, and sabotage below the threshold of open warfare.
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According to European intelligence Russia would have acquired sensitive properties in more than twelve Western countries to prepare hybrid war operations. In the scope military bases, ports and strategic infrastructures
Kremlin insiders are using abandoned vacation homes and schools -- which arouse few suspicions -- to settle at strategic points in Western Europe. Finland already bans business.
Russian agents are buying more and more residential and commercial properties all over Europe, close to military bases, ports and critical infrastructure, raising concerns among the...
Russia would be buying houses and small properties in areas near military bases in Western Europe, with the aim of preparing espionage and sabotage missions. The information was backed by European intelligence agency. According to The Telegraph, it is estimated that pro-Russian groups would have done this clandestinely, and taking advantage of the alleged lack of regulation on the issue.
Russian spies are buying up real estate in Europe, creating a network of "Trojan Horses" that could be used to carry out sabotage campaigns, intelligence officials warn. Taking advantage of weak legal regulations, Russian secret services are suspected of acquiring real estate near strategically important military and civilian facilities in as many as 12 European countries.
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