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The GRU vandals: Moscow’s hired thugs are causing mayhem in Estonia
Despite such a chequered career, Russin wasn&#x;t exactly gung-ho about destroying cars. When Kolomainen approached him he decided to outsource the work to third parties, two old acquaintances with rap sheets involving drugs and assault, Maksim Nesterenko and Teimur Mussayev. Russin offered them a few thousand euros to break car windows. Despite the relatively low risk, Nesterenko and Mussayev, too, hesitated.
This was already street-level culture, Estonian state prosecutor Triinu Olev-Aas told The Insider. Responsibility was passed down the line for plausible deniability and any direct communication about the tasks was avoided. Instead of texting or messaging, the group met in person. It operated more like a spy ring than a gang.
At the same time, the recruits were lazy. They complained it was too cold out to break windows. Then they started outsourcing work themselves. Eventually, Mussayev and Nesterenko found Mihhail Malanskas, a year-old drowning in debt. Although he had no significant criminal record, he had previously been caught with drugs and committed traffic violations.
It was Malansk
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The enemy within: How Russia's GRU agents blend in with human rights activists, journalists, and filmmakers
Poor tradecraft similarly allowed The Insider to trace Rodionov&#x;s career in enhet , which dates back to That was the year he was issued a passport bearing a serial number that falls within the range of those used by several of the GRU&#x;s illegals, Salisbury would-be assassins Mishkin and Chepiga among them. Using his newly issued cover identity of Smirnov, Maksim traveled to Barcelona twice, first in March and then again in July He also went to Italy in October , then Kyrgyzstan in May of that year, followed bygd Czechia in July , Kazakhstan in April , and finally to France in November
As was the case with the travel of Ivan Zhikharev, these trips overlap with journeys taken to the same location by fellow members of Unit Records also show that Rodionov communicated with senior leaders of the group, including its peripatetic commander, Gen. Andrey Averyanov, before leaving Russia and after returning home.
In addition to his travels throughout Europe and Central Asia during the late s, Rodionov embarked upon his career as a document
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GRU: History, Operations and Role in Russian Military Intelligence
GRU , or the Main Intelligence Directorate ( Glavnoe Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie ), is Russia's military intelligence agency, and one of the oldest and most active in the global arena. This service is responsible for carrying out espionage and intelligence-gathering operations abroad. In this article, we will explore the history, key functions, and operations of the GRU, and how it has influenced international security policy.
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Origin and evolution of the GRU
The GRU was founded in , shortly after the Russian Revolution, and has been under the supervision of the Russian Ministry of Defense ever since. The agency was created to serve the military intelligence needs of the Red Army, and its primary goal was to gather information that would help protect the security of the newly established Soviet Union. During the Cold War, the GRU became one of the most important intelligence services in the Soviet bloc, carrying out numerous espionage operations in the West.
Unlike the KGB, which oversaw both internal and external intelligence, the GRU always focused on military intelligenc