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L. Coyote

(51,134 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2022, 03:23 PM Mar 2022

FSB officers searched 20 addresses of colleagues suspected of leaking to journalists

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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.

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 ...

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FSB officers searched 20 addresses of colleagues suspected of leaking to journalists (Original Post) L. Coyote Mar 2022 OP

They're starting to attack each other. They don't trust each other, and they're Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #1

The Ides of March are upon Russia blue-wave Mar 2022 #2

Wingus Dingus

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1. They're starting to attack each other. They don't trust each other, and they're

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Sat Mar 12, 2022, 03:25 PM

Mar 2022

all trying to curry favor with the big guy. This pleases me! Edit to add: Got to be North Korea level corrosive paranoia going on.

blue-wave

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2. The Ides of March are upon Russia

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Sat Mar 12, 2022, 03:33 PM

Mar 2022

Sounds as if Pooty is getting a bit desperate. Let them rip each other apart. Those next in line at the FSB will be wondering if they are next on Pooty's list. They better get Pooty first.

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