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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:37 AM Jun 2017

Buzzfeed: Russian assassins are suspected of killing 14 people in Britain

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Heidi Blake? - June 15, 2017,
BOMBSHELL: Russian assassins are suspected of killing 14 people in Britain — but UK authorities are looking away
https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil

From Russia With Blood

Lavish London mansions. A hand-painted Rolls-Royce. And eight dead friends. For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic meant stunning perks – but also constant danger. His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies have linked to Russia – but the UK police shut down every last case. A bombshell cache of documents today reveals the full story of a ring of death on British soil that the government has ignored.

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Buzzfeed: Russian assassins are suspected of killing 14 people in Britain (Original Post) L. Coyote Jun 2017 OP

BuzzFeedNews obtained 250 boxes of docs, interviewed more than 150 people and intelligence officials L. Coyote Jun 2017 #1

I don't believe the UK authorities are looking away. GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #2

Chilling article that needs more exposure Les Cowbell Jun 2017 #3

An Amazing & Frightening Article Me. Jun 2017 #4

A must read article. K&R! nt riderinthestorm Jun 2017 #5

Russian assassins disguised as journalist to murder Ukrainian officials L. Coyote Jun 2017 #6

Fascinating topic, but why no reputable sources posted? Hortensis Jun 2017 #7

Buzzfeed says this was THEIR reporting Nevernose Jun 2017 #8

And Buzzfeed does do some good stuff. I should have said Hortensis Jun 2017 #9

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

1. BuzzFeedNews obtained 250 boxes of docs, interviewed more than 150 people and intelligence officials

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Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:40 AM

Jun 2017

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GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)

2. I don't believe the UK authorities are looking away.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:00 AM

Jun 2017

This is terrifying to contemplate though. I hate that the US and other countries are crawling with Russian agents and assassins. I also hate that the orange asshole in the White House plays fast and loose with these people.

Les Cowbell

(84 posts)

3. Chilling article that needs more exposure

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:29 AM

Jun 2017

I don't know if the UK authorities are looking the other way but as the piece makes clear they certainly don't seem eager to look into these cases, of which there are way too many to be accidental or suicide. It seems we are watching a criminal gang in the form of a powerful state attack democracies through cyber warfare and thuggery that includes murder - and it all is being done right before our eyes with little pushback.

Oh, and as the article says, they could soon be bringing their mafia tactics to America. Why wouldn't they? They have attacked and are still attacking our democracy and half the country doesn't care.

Me.

(35,454 posts)

4. An Amazing & Frightening Article

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:29 AM

Jun 2017

If I was 45 I wouldn't be shaking any Russian hands in the Oval office now.

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

5. A must read article. K&R! nt

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:30 AM

Jun 2017

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

6. Russian assassins disguised as journalist to murder Ukrainian officials

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:36 AM

Jun 2017

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

7. Fascinating topic, but why no reputable sources posted?

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:41 AM

Jun 2017

Buzzfeed seems to mostly be regurgitating a "The Independent" article. That's a British tabloid that is, interestingly, owned by one of the RUSSIAN mobster oligarchs. Not one of the dead ones who crossed Putin, either.

Gee, it seems like the UK government is so corrupt and incompetent, can't to anything right any more: Brits should be mad, should be unhappy and fearful. Maybe they should go find a shiny new leader who promises to "reform" their government by purging all the experienced professionals.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)

8. Buzzfeed says this was THEIR reporting

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:47 AM

Jun 2017

I'm not sure where you get the "based on The Independent" reporting. Or how this story of Russian government assassind is supposed to destabilize the U.K., or why anyone on this website wouldn't want Tories gone anyway.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

9. And Buzzfeed does do some good stuff. I should have said

Reply to Nevernose (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:53 AM

Jun 2017

why not include some more RESPONSIBLE links, rather than suggesting it was as disreputable as the other sources. (You'd have to look longer than I did, apparently, to find one pushing this corrupt-government angle, though.)

We all really. really need to be aware when media are pushing angles originally crafted in Russia. Russian psych ops stuff is all over the place, but it was easy to see what was happening here JUST BY GOOGLING THE TOPIC and looking to see who all were reporting (and just as significant who not!) and what they were reporting. Didn't take at all long, either.

The tie back to The Independent, and thus Russia, was exactly one. Full-on JD investigation not needed.

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