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Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
Western officials say 20 people have been detained, charged or identified in plots tied to Russian operatives and proxies over the past year.
- Western intelligence officials report a significant expansion in Russia's targeted killing campaign across Europe since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with security services increasingly brazen in pursuing activists and foreign supporters.
- Moscow frequently relies on cheap criminal proxies to conduct these operations, outsourcing sabotage and espionage plots to undermine European nations supporting Ukraine.
- Authorities have detained or identified at least 20 people involved in plots across Europe over the past year, with officials in Lithuania and Germany successfully disrupting assassination attempts against activists and supporters of Ukraine.
- Targets like Ruslan Gabbasov and Vladimir Osechkin face life-altering choices, including offers from authorities to completely "disappear" by changing their names, though many refuse to avoid "social death."
- Western intelligence officials have mapped 191 acts of sabotage, arson, and disruption linked to Russia across Europe since the war began, with agencies warning the campaign to scare opponents remains ongoing.
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Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, officials say
Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine
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Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
·United States
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