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WAR IN UKRAINE

Kremlin arrests FSB chiefs in fallout from Ukraine chaos

The defenestration of several senior spies is a sign of Putin's
growing fury towards the intelligence services

Tom Ball | Larisa Brown, Defence Editor
Saturday March 12 2022, 12.01am, The Times
Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB's foreign intelligence service, is
said to be under house arrest
Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB's foreign intelligence service, is
said to be under house arrest
Tom Ball | Larisa Brown, Defence Editor
Saturday March 12 2022, 12.01am, The Times

A Russian spy chief is said to have been placed under house arrest in
a sign that President Putin is seeking to blame the security services
for the stalled invasion of Ukraine.

Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB's foreign intelligence branch, was
arrested with Anatoly Bolyukh, his deputy, according to a leading
expert on the Russian security services.

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Andrei Soldatov, who is co-founder and editor of Agentura, an
investigative website that monitors the FSB and other agencies, said
that sources from within FSB had confirmed the detention of both men.

Vladimir Osechkin, an exiled Russian human rights activist, also
confirmed the arrests. He added that FSB officers had carried out
searches at more than 20 addresses around Moscow of colleagues
suspected of being in contact

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