Daily Mirror

Putin gang tried to nobble poison spy investigat­ion

- BY CHRIS HUGHES, DEFENCE AND SECURITY EDITOR BY ANDREW GREGORY Political Editor and CHRIS HUGHES Defence & Security Editor

DESPOT Vladimir Putin IT appears there is no limit to the resources Russia will throw at espionage and intelligen­ce gathering.

But even for a country obsessed with testing the West, it seems it has stepped up operations.

Beyond the GRU, there are still Russia’s traditiona­l domestic intelligen­ce outfits – which make the GRU’s methods look amateurish.

The string of espionage operations conducted by the GRU have almost been very effective but are clumsy and often simplistic.

Worryingly, it appears Putin’s military intelligen­ce arm seems not to care about being seen – so much so its spies do not even

BRAZEN Vladimir Putin tried to nobble the probe into the Salisbury attack, it was revealed yesterday.

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CYBER ATTACK Gang seen on CCTV at airport
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FLIGHT RISKS Gang seen at airport in Holland

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