Post AULp6bPJtdtqKWuCVE by maximedwards@journa.host
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 (DIR) Post #AULp6aeAiwBZyIqY0u by maximedwards@journa.host
       2023-04-05T19:00:04Z
       
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       in which Brazilian police discover that none other than the Russian consul in Rio had been paying detained GRU spy 'Victor Ferreira' (real name Sergey Cherkasov) every month #brazil #russia https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2023/04/pf-mapeou-depositos-de-membros-do-governo-da-russia-a-suposto-espiao-no-brasil.shtml
       
 (DIR) Post #AULp6bPJtdtqKWuCVE by maximedwards@journa.host
       2023-04-05T19:02:25Z
       
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       for background on this absurd story, read Bellingcat's report. When 'Victor's' cover was blown by Dutch intelligence, and he was arrested in Brazil for having used a false Brazilian ID document, Moscow suddenly remembered that he had been wanted all along for a drug smuggling case. But open source evidence, including court records from that unrelated case, didn't add up.tl;dr - Moscow wants its spy back, Brazil will probably extradite himhttps://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/11/28/moscows-mule-how-russia-rewrote-a-narcotics-case-to-get-its-spy-back/
       
 (DIR) Post #AULpFyqi6s1tdjBmMK by maximedwards@journa.host
       2023-04-05T19:08:18Z
       
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       ...there seems to be a clear pattern here of Moscow using Latin American passports, issued to false identities, for its spooks overseas. There was the 'Peruvian' Maria Adela, whom Bellingcat and partners outed and the 'Brazilian' researcher in Norway. Two recently uncovered were a 'Brazilian' and a 'Mexican.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/03/why-two-alleged-deep-cover-russian-spies-most-unusual-yet