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(A pattern of Russian-ordered assassinations in the UK ... and no investigations, no arrests. )
"Earlier this week, we revealed that US spy agencies had handed the British government high-grade intelligence that the Russian whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy, who died in Surrey in 2012, was likely assassinated on the direct orders of the Kremlin but the authorities sidelined that and other evidence pointing to murder, instead declaring that he had died of natural causes. Today, we can reveal that US intelligence officials suspect a further 13 people including Berezovsky and eight members of his circle have been assassinated on British soil by Russias security services or mafia groups, two forces that sometimes work in tandem.
That intelligence based on human sources, intercepted communications, and public material gathered by US spy agencies has been shared with Britain in relation to all 14 deaths. Yet British police have ruled out foul play in every last case."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil?utm_term=.ocjBZ2D7N#.ukbYb12Jx
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Seems ruskies can murder in UK,cuz they spend $$ there. Teresa May cut budgets to investigate such crimes for a decade. So she & trump both prefer pooty to their own nations' people .
Not mentioned in article, I wonder about the former UK spy, of Steele dossier, & other UK Intel who have tried to work with the US. These UK murders, our Intel tried to help UK. This is a MESS.
& looks like already 1 victim in US, per article. We need to get this handled ASAP.
Sorry if I'm not expressing myself clearly. Thank You for the post, upsetting as it may be.
PS : *YIKES*
mainer
(12,022 posts)More murders coming our way.
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)octoberlib
(14,971 posts)out of Robert Ludlam. It's chilling.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Walton said Russian assassins are often extremely adept at disguising murder. They are expert at staging suicides by planting evidence to make victims appear to have been depressed, counter-terror officers told BuzzFeed News, or even using drugs and psychological tactics to drive them into taking their own lives. In the case of state assassinations, Putins government had amassed a suite of chemical and biological agents that were developed for targeted assassinations so killers could do their work without leaving a trace, a former top-ranking MI6 official said. And Britains secret service was hamstrung in its ability to share intelligence pointing to Russian complicity, sources said, because of the need to protect confidential informants.
So even when intelligence strongly pointed to an assassination, police and intelligence sources said, there was often too little evidence to make a case stand up in court. In such instances, they said it could be easier to pronounce a death unsuspicious than to stoke diplomatic tensions and public alarm over an accusation of political assassination that probably wouldnt stick.