WSJ: An Unexpected Encounter Awaits Budanova In Abu Dhabi
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The Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi included Dmitry Minaev, head of the counter-intelligence operations department of the FSB, previously linked to the attempted murder of Kirill Budanov in 2019, as reported by RBK-Ukraine with reference to the Russian Telegram channel Agency, News. According to the publication, the Russian negotiating group included four participants who were not part of previous …
The Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi includes four people who were not part of the negotiating groups at previous meetings. Among them is one of the heads of the FSB, Dmitry Minayev. The department he heads, as The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote, was involved in the attempted assassination of the former head of the GUR military intelligence service, and now the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, Kyrylo…
The Russian delegation for negotiations with Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi included the head of the FSB's counterintelligence operations department, Dmitry Minaev.
In Ukraine, Minayev is believed to have been involved in the assassination attempt on Kirill Budanov. WSJ linked his department to the repression and arrests of Americans.
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