Russia says it has arrested a spy

On 28 December Paul Whelan was arrested in the Metropol Hotel in Moscow shortly after somebody allegedly handed him a memory stick allegedly containing a list of names of Russian Officers.  A week later and it is news in the west. Is Paul Whelan working for US intelligence? I think not. But I am waiting... Continue Reading →

Western incarceration of female Russians

Like many others I had never heard of Maria Butina until she was arrested and imprisoned. She is apparently being held in solitary confinement (23 hours a day without contact) in the Alexandria Detention Centre near Washington. As if that is not punishment enough she is allegedly being tortured using sleep-deprivation techniques. This is what... Continue Reading →

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