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A former Army Green Beret was sentenced to more than 15 years behind bars on Friday for spying for Russian military intelligence, with the judge handing down the decision nearly half a year after he’d pleaded guilty to handing over classified information, including details about his unit deployed on the Russian border.
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, was accused by federal prosecutors last summer of passing information to members of Russian intelligence, including the notorious Main Intelligence Directorate known as the GRU, from December 1996 to January 2011, during which he told Russian intelligence he considered himself a “son of Russia” and was assigned the code name “Ikar Lesnikov.”
iPolitics By Alexandra Chyczij. Published on May 12, 2021 5:33pm Russia has proven time and again that it is willing to flout international law, invade neighbouring states, target civilian aircraft and use chemical and radioactive weapons endangering the lives of hundreds of people. Russian flag (wikimedia commons)
On Nov. 22, 2006, a man died an agonizing death three weeks after drinking tea in a London hotel.
On July 17, 2014, a civilian airliner, was shot down in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board died.
On Oct. 16, 2014, an explosion occurred at an arms depot in Vrebtice, Czech Republic, killing two people.
On March 4, 2018, a man and his daughter were poisoned in Salisbury, England.
By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 10, 2021 Federal prosecutors are seeking a 17-year prison sentence for a former Green Beret who pleaded guilty last year to providing classified information to Russian military intelligence for over a decade. The recommendation was filed Friday in U.S. federal court in Virginia, following Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins’ guilty plea last November to a charge of participating in an espionage conspiracy with Russian agents from December 1996 to January 2011. “Debbins, who has family ties to Russia, committed the offense for primarily ideological reasons: he considered himself a ‘loyal son’ of Russia and believed that America needed to be ‘cut down to size,’” the court filing stated.
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Each class has about 150-170 candidates and the attrition rate hovers around 90-95 percent. Yet, those who do graduate gain access to the best weapons and equipment Russia can provide, along with the best training. One common Spetsnaz saying is, “You make the man a weapon.”
Volunteers for Alpha or Vympel units must already be Spetsnaz-qualified and undergo further specialized training. While classified, this training is known to consist of daily nine-km morning runs, followed up by 65 to 70 km forced marches with combat loads approaching 40kg (88lbs) in freezing weather with little to no water.
Two months of basic training and three to four years of advanced training are needed before being allowed to join either group.
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