Russian spy chiefs ‘under house arrest’ as Putin blames them for Ukraine setbacks
2 years, 10 months ago

Russian spy chiefs ‘under house arrest’ as Putin blames them for Ukraine setbacks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Russian spy chief and his deputy have been placed under house arrest by Vladmir Putin as the president blames his security services for the resistance met in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been claimed. open image in gallery Sergey Beseda, head of FSB, has been placed under house arrest by Vladmir Putin Mr Osechkin told The Times that while the formal grounds of the arrests were made on accusations of embezzlement of funds, he said the “real reason is unreliable, incomplete and partially false information about the political situation in Ukraine”. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st Army, Maj Gen Andrei Sukhovetsky, commanding general of the Russian 7th Airborne Division and a deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army, and Maj Gen Andrei Kolesnikov, the commander of the Eastern Military District were all killed in the invasion. The death of Maj Gen Kolesnikov means as many Russian Major Generals have been killed in two weeks than during the entire Syrian civil war, in which Putin helped prop up Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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Russia claims it foiled several Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Russia claims it foiled several Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs

The Independent  

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Russia arrests 4 suspects accused of plotting to kill top military officers on Ukraine’s orders
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Russia arrests 4 suspects accused of plotting to kill top military officers on Ukraine’s orders

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia’s top security agency said Thursday that it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior military officers, an announcement that follows the killing of a top Russian general last week. The Federal Security Service, a top KGB successor known under its Russian acronym FSB, said in a statement carried by …

Russia arrests 4 suspects accused of plotting to kill top military officers on Ukraine’s orders
3 weeks ago

Russia arrests 4 suspects accused of plotting to kill top military officers on Ukraine’s orders

LA Times  

Investigators examine the scene where the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces and his assistant were killed by an explosive device in Moscow last week. Russia’s top security agency said Thursday that it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior military officers, an announcement that follows the killing of …

How one man became a Ukrainian traitor and Russian spy
3 weeks ago

How one man became a Ukrainian traitor and Russian spy

Live Mint  

Spying runs in the family for Oleh Kolesnikov. His is among more than 3,200 state treason cases launched by Ukrainian authorities since Russia's full-scale invasion, including feeding information to Moscow to assist missile strikes and spreading Russian propaganda, according to the SBU. Reuters interviews with three informants convicted by Ukraine and two SBU Ukrainian counter-intelligence officers spoke to the divided …

An Uzbek man is charged in Moscow with killing a Russian general in a bombing claimed by Ukraine
3 weeks, 6 days ago

An Uzbek man is charged in Moscow with killing a Russian general in a bombing claimed by Ukraine

Associated Press  

An Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged by Russian authorities with this week’s assassination of a senior Russian general and his assistant in a bombing claimed by Ukraine’s security services, state media said Thursday. Akhmadzhon Kurbonov was ordered detained by a Moscow court until at least Feb. 17 in Tuesday’s bombing that killed Lt. …

Russia detains man for killing general on orders of Ukraine's security service
4 weeks ago

Russia detains man for killing general on orders of Ukraine's security service

India Today  

Russia said on Wednesday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed a top general, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow on the instructions of Ukraine's SBU security service. Ukraine's SBU intelligence service took responsibility for the killing after Ukraine accused Kirillov of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian …

Uzbek man charged in Moscow with killing Russian general in scooter bombing claimed by Ukraine
4 weeks ago

Uzbek man charged in Moscow with killing Russian general in scooter bombing claimed by Ukraine

LA Times  

The bombing suspect, whom the Tass state news agency identified as Akhmadzhon Kurbonov, is escorted to a courtroom at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on Thursday. An Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged by Russian authorities with this week’s assassination of a senior Russian general and his assistant in an electric scooter bombing …

Suspected assassin of Russian general Igor Kirillov arrested, Moscow says
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4 weeks ago

Suspected assassin of Russian general Igor Kirillov arrested, Moscow says

The Independent  

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Russia Says It Has Detained A Suspect In Top General's Killing
4 weeks ago

Russia Says It Has Detained A Suspect In Top General's Killing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Russia’s security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. In this photo taken from video …

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general
4 weeks ago

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general

Associated Press  

Russia’s security service said Wednesday it detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his southeastern Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine’s security service. Investigators work near a scooter at the place where Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces …

Russia detains suspect over murder of General Igor Kirillov in Moscow
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia detains suspect over murder of General Igor Kirillov in Moscow

Al Jazeera  

Investigative Committee says 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of carrying out Moscow attack on instructions of Ukraine. The Investigative Committee said in a statement on Wednesday that a national of Uzbekistan had been arrested on suspicion of having committed the attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov on Tuesday morning. Russia’s Federal Security Service published footage …

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general

LA Times  

A man lays flowers on Wednesday at the apartment block in Moscow, Russia, where a bomb killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov. Russia’s security service said Wednesday it detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his southeastern …

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general Igor Kirillov in Moscow
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia says suspect detained in killing of senior general Igor Kirillov in Moscow

New Indian Express  

MOSCOW: Russia's security service said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, didn't name …

Moscow accuses Ukraine’s allies of condoning ‘terrorism’ after top Russian general killed
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Moscow accuses Ukraine’s allies of condoning ‘terrorism’ after top Russian general killed

Firstpost  

A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Image- AFP Russia on Tuesday criticised Ukraine’s allies over what it called insufficient reactions to the assassination in Moscow of the …

Kremlin vows revenge after General assassinated
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Kremlin vows revenge after General assassinated

ABC  

Nick Grimm: The Kremlin has warned Ukraine it faces imminent revenge for the killing of a top Russian general in a targeted attack in the capital Moscow. Ukrainian sources have confirmed that the country's intelligence service, the SBU, was responsible for the killing, a day after the general was accused of using chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers.Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss …

Russian general killed in Moscow scooter blast by Ukrainian agents
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Russian general killed in Moscow scooter blast by Ukrainian agents

The Independent  

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Live updates: Russian general Igor Kirillov indicted by Ukraine killed in Moscow explosion
Top News
55 years ago

Live updates: Russian general Igor Kirillov indicted by Ukraine killed in Moscow explosion

CNN  

Investigators work at the site where Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's radiological, biological and chemical protections forces, was killed by an explosive device in Moscow on Tuesday. AP The explosion that killed Igor Kirillov on Tuesday seems to have been the most ambitious targeted attack of the war so far on Russian soil, carried out by the …

Live updates: Russian general Igor Kirillov indicted by Ukraine killed in Moscow explosion
Top News
55 years ago

Live updates: Russian general Igor Kirillov indicted by Ukraine killed in Moscow explosion

CNN  

Investigators work at the site where Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's radiological, biological and chemical protections forces, was killed by an explosive device in Moscow on Tuesday. AP The explosion that killed Igor Kirillov on Tuesday seems to have been the most ambitious targeted attack of the war so far on Russian soil, carried out by the …

Watch: Police swarm Moscow after Russian general killed in Ukraine-claimed attack
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Watch: Police swarm Moscow after Russian general killed in Ukraine-claimed attack

The Independent  

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A Russian charged with sending video of military equipment to Ukraine gets 14 years in prison
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A Russian charged with sending video of military equipment to Ukraine gets 14 years in prison

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A Russian man was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday after being found guilty of high treason for a video he sent to Ukraine’s security services, the latest in a series of espionage cases involving the conflict. The Volgograd District Court said Nikita Zhuravel had been “in disagreement with the political course of the Russian …

How Ukrainian hackers duped Russian army wives to pose for 'calendar'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Ukrainian hackers duped Russian army wives to pose for 'calendar'

Daily Mail  

A group of Ukrainian hackers is developing quite the reputation for enacting a unique brand of vigilante justice on Russian military men involved in Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine. Colonel Sergei Atroshchenko - commander of the 980th Assault Aviation Regiment - ordered a pair of warplanes to drop two 500kg bombs on Mariupol's theatre on March 16, 2022. Hackers also …

Police still hunting for killer of exiled Putin critic four years after he was strangled with a dog lead at his home in suburban west London in 'Kremlin-backed' hit
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Police still hunting for killer of exiled Putin critic four years after he was strangled with a dog lead at his home in suburban west London in 'Kremlin-backed' hit

Daily Mail  

Detectives are still without a clear suspect for the murder of a Russian businessman strangled to death just weeks after the Salisbury poisonings. Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was living in exile in Britain having served time in Russia for blowing the whistle on corruption at state run airline Aeroflot, where he was deputy director He was given asylum here and feared …

Russia finally releases man whose daughter’s drawing opposed Ukraine war
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia finally releases man whose daughter’s drawing opposed Ukraine war

The Independent  

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Russian corruption purge expands as two more defence officials arrested
4 months ago

Russian corruption purge expands as two more defence officials arrested

Al Jazeera  

Confessing to taking bribes, the duo are the latest to be arrested in a ‘purge’ by the Defence Ministry. Russia has charged two military officials with taking bribes, the latest in a string of arrests linked to alleged corruption in the Ministry of Defence. Amid the military offensive in Ukraine, since April, Moscow has arrested at least a dozen military …

Russia’s former deputy defense minister detained on corruption charges loses an appeal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s former deputy defense minister detained on corruption charges loses an appeal

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A former Russian defense official was ordered held in pretrial detention on corruption charges after a court rejected an appeal against his arrest, state media reported Wednesday. Former Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov was detained in Moscow last month pending an investigation and trial, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. “The court examined the appeal of …

Russia's former deputy defense minister detained on corruption charges loses an appeal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia's former deputy defense minister detained on corruption charges loses an appeal

The Independent  

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Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya for first time in 13 years - three weeks into Ukraine’s Kursk incursion
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya for first time in 13 years - three weeks into Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

The Independent  

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Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya amid Ukraine’s cross-border incursion
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya amid Ukraine’s cross-border incursion

The Hindu  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as Ukraine's stunning cross-border incursion into western Russia entered its third week. Mr. Putin was greeted by Chechnya’s self-styled strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, before visiting a special forces academy bearing his own name …

Ukraine’s president acknowledges military incursion onto Russian soil
5 months ago

Ukraine’s president acknowledges military incursion onto Russian soil

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has broken the government’s silence on it by indirectly acknowledging the ongoing military actions to “push the war out into the aggressor’s territory.” Zelenskyy’s comment came in his nightly address late Saturday. But Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Sunday …

Who is Pavel Rubtsov, the journalist released in Russia-West prisoner swap?
5 months ago

Who is Pavel Rubtsov, the journalist released in Russia-West prisoner swap?

Al Jazeera  

Rubtsov, who has Spanish and Russian citizenship, was greeted by President Putin last week after spending years in a Polish jail. Below the character, there were four words: “Your empire needs you.” The 42-year-old Pablo Gonzalez Yague, also known as Pavel Rubtsov, a Spanish-Russian journalist – and apparent Star Wars fan – was part of the biggest prisoner swap between …

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap
5 months, 1 week ago

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

The Independent  

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Putin ally warns freed prisoners to take 'new names and disguises'
5 months, 1 week ago

Putin ally warns freed prisoners to take 'new names and disguises'

Daily Mail  

Former Russian President and close Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev has issued a chilling warning to political dissidents freed from jails in a huge prisoner exchange with Western countries. British journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and a host of Russian citizens were released from their prison cells yesterday in return for various Russian assets jailed …

Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War?

Al Jazeera  

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been freed as part of the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Freed by Russia Lilia Chanysheva Chanysheva, who once headed late opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s offices in the central Bashkortostan republic, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in June 2023 for having …

Who has been freed in Russia-West prisoner deal?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Who has been freed in Russia-West prisoner deal?

Hindustan Times  

Russia and the West have released a total of 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, officials said on Thursday. Chanysheva, 42, who once headed late opposition leader Alexei Navalny's offices in the central Bashkortostan republic, was sentenced to seven and a half years' prison in June 2023 for having created an "extremist organisation", …

Russian court orders house arrest for a general in custody on fraud charges
6 months ago

Russian court orders house arrest for a general in custody on fraud charges

The Independent  

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Stunning Russian plot to execute man vital to Ukraine war effort against Putin is foiled by US spies
6 months ago

Stunning Russian plot to execute man vital to Ukraine war effort against Putin is foiled by US spies

Daily Mail  

The US government was able to foil a Russian assassination plot against the chief executive of a German weapons manufacturer that has been arming Ukraine. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of current President Vladimir Putin, had previously said Russia would hit any facility Rheinmetall set up in Ukraine. The plot to kill Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger was one …

Russia starts US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s trial: What’s next for him?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia starts US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s trial: What’s next for him?

Al Jazeera  

The reporter was arrested in March last year on a reporting trip in Russia’s Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. The hearing, which is being held behind closed doors, will focus on Moscow’s charges that the reporter acted as a United States agent who “collected top-secret data about the activity of an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex” while on a …

Top international court issues arrest warrants for senior Russian officials over alleged war crimes
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Top international court issues arrest warrants for senior Russian officials over alleged war crimes

The Independent  

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International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets
6 months, 3 weeks ago

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets

The Hindu  

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on June 25 for Russia’s former Defence Minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. The court is accusing former Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov of war crimes and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts. The court said in a statement …

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets
6 months, 3 weeks ago

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets

The Independent  

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International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants
6 months, 3 weeks ago

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants

LA Times  

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, gestures as he speaks to Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov prior to meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2023. The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacks on Ukraine’s power plants, the third time the global …

Russia puts former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its wanted list
7 months, 1 week ago

Russia puts former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on its wanted list

The Independent  

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Why are top Russian military officials being arrested
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are top Russian military officials being arrested

The Independent  

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Putin’s military purge ramps up as another Russian general arrested
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin’s military purge ramps up as another Russian general arrested

The Independent  

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Why are top Russian military officials being arrested?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are top Russian military officials being arrested?

Associated Press  

It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Since then, other arrests on bribery charges have included Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov, head of the Defense Ministry’s personnel directorate; Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, a career soldier and former top commander in Ukraine; and Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the military general staff. The arrests …

Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening?

New Indian Express  

It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov — the first official arrested in April and the highest-ranking one so far — oversaw large military-related construction projects and had access to vast sums of money. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday the recent arrests are not a “campaign” against …

Who’s in and who’s out as paranoid Putin swings the axe on his own Kremlin team
8 months ago

Who’s in and who’s out as paranoid Putin swings the axe on his own Kremlin team

The Independent  

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Putin sacks Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu
8 months ago

Putin sacks Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu

The Telegraph  

Vladimir Putin has fired his defence minister as Russian troops seize villages in a surprise border raid that raised fears of an attack on the second city of Kharkiv. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that Sergei Shoigu had been moved from the post he has held since 2012 and would instead become the secretary of Russia’s security council. Grant …

Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy
8 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday. Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, a statement …

Ukraine claims it foiled Russian plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy
8 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine claims it foiled Russian plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy

Al Jazeera  

State security service says two colonels arrested after it thwarted alleged plan to kill Zelenskyy, other top officials. Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators claim to have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Security Service of Ukraine said. On Tuesday, the SBU said in a statement it had exposed a network of agents run by Russia’s Federal Security Service …

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