Spies, Lies and Realpolitik

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https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russian-saboteurs-behind-arson-attackat-german-factory-c13b4ece

Russian Saboteurs Behind Arson Attack at German Factory
Attack is a sign of the Kremlin’s more aggressive clandestine operations, security officials say

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Sadly, the theory advanced in the document does not include lizard people, magic bullets, or fake Moon landings.
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Family legend holds that in the 1970s, a young engineer accompanied by his twin boys as cover, attended a California exhibition of soviet space technology, and took quite detailed notes, though I was somewhat too young to remember.

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Hong Kong becomes major hub for shipping banned tech to Iran, Russia

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I wrote one of the Toronto :canada: Star’s columnists about this a few weeks ago, after a cheery column about how :cn: EV’s were our friend. I didn’t think I’d be getting my “rampant paranoia” justified quite so promptly.

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Multiple fibre optic networks vandalised across France
Installations belonging to Free, SFR and Bouygues were sabotaged during the night. No one has claimed responsibility.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/07/29/fibre-optic-networks-vandalised-across-france

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/world/europe/russia-krasikov-prisoner-swap.html?unlocked_article_code=1._00.nreA.n4aiLp8zPctC&smid=url-share

Zurab Khangoshvilli, the brother of the assassinated man, said in an interview that he had long tracked Russia’s attempts to free Mr. Krasikov. Mr. Khangoshvilli, who lives in Germany but said his family has been denied asylum there, called the case “business as usual” for the Russian security services.

“They send people anywhere to kill, then they catch innocent people to trade and it works out for them,” he said. Keeping Mr. Krasikov in prison would break the pattern, he said, but added that he would not object to the swap: “If he is exchanged and causes innocent people to be released, I will be happy.”

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