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A Russian intelligence network is operating widely throughout Europe, Ukrainian politician and diplomat Roman Bezsmertny told Radio NV interview on Feb. 19, referring to the assassination of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov in Spain.
Vladimir Putin's former protection officer has branded the Russian president a “war criminal” after defecting from the country. Gleb Karakulov and his family fled to Turkey after accompanying Putin on a visit to Kazakhstan in October 2022. Speaking to the Dossier Center, an investigative outlet founded by exiled Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the 35-year-old Federal Guard Service (FGS) captain addressed his former colleagues.
Vladimir Osechkin said he had been informed in February of an assassination plot against him and was subsequently put under police protection.