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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Mon Jun 12, 2017, 05:22 PM Jun 2017

US intel: A Russian whistleblower was likely "assassinated on direct orders from Putin" in Britain

US intelligence say a Russian whistleblower was likely "assassinated on direct orders from Putin" in Britain.



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US spies said they have passed MI6 high-grade intelligence indicating that Perepilichnyy was likely "assassinated on direct orders from Putin or people close to him” and lambasted the British police for their “botched” investigation.

A highly classified report on Russian state assassinations compiled for the US Congress by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last year asserts with “high confidence” that Perepilichnyy’s murder was sanctioned by Putin, Russia's president.

French police are treating the financier’s death as a suspected organised assassination – but say they have been repeatedly stonewalled by their British counterparts.

Perepilichnyy travelled to Paris before his death for a secret assignation with a 22-year-old Ukrainian woman named Elmira Medynska, who gave an exclusive interview to BuzzFeed News, but who British and French police never spoke to.

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Way More:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/poison-in-the-system?utm_term=.wbzBmvV7B#.ucZRxG3zR

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US intel: A Russian whistleblower was likely "assassinated on direct orders from Putin" in Britain (Original Post) kpete Jun 2017 OP
Republicans are smirking Achilleaze Jun 2017 #1
Greenwald and his shitstains at the Intercept were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #2
and the trail of dead russians grows. mopinko Jun 2017 #3
Are people going to die to protect Trump? ThoughtCriminal Jun 2017 #4
Expect tRump to tweet about this ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #5

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)
4. Are people going to die to protect Trump?
Mon Jun 12, 2017, 09:59 PM
Jun 2017

That's hardly an outrageous conspiracy theory when it comes to Putin. His. Enemies. Die.

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