Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians -- prominent or not -- have been blamed on Moscow's intelligence operatives across Europe and elsewhere.
The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany.
Dolinina and colleague Alesya Marokhovskaya were harassed in 2023, leading to fears they were under surveillance. They were sent threatening messages via comments on the media outlet's website and told not to travel to a conference in Sweden. To underscore the point, the threat included their airline ticket numbers, seat locations and hotel booking.The Kremlin, which routinely denies going after its opponents abroad, has been blamed for decades for such attacks.
The breadth of those individuals pursued by Russia, "even if they look and sound completely insignificant," is because Russian authorities believe they "might come back to the country and destroy it completely," said security expert Andrei Soldatov. Kuzminov, 33, became a "moral corpse" the moment he planned his "dirty and terrible crime," said Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's foreign intelligence service.
The Russian Orthodox Tsargrad media outlet suggested the group's members could be recruited by foreign intelligence services and dubbed them "terrorists." The pro-Kremlin outlet warned them of a nasty surprise if they continued opposing the war. She was charged with an administrative violation, usually punishable by a fine. As police prepared to drive her to her parents' apartment, it was suggested she "cooperate" and become an informant if she wanted to see her family again without fear of detention, Marina said.
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