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- US and European intelligence agencies discovered Russian military intelligence members working in the French Alps, according to an NBC News report, citing a report by French newspaper Le Monde.
- Up to 15 members of the GRU, the Kremlin's military intelligence agency, had lived in the French Alps, where they established their base for European covert operations.
- Two of the Russian agents, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Roshirov, were accused of poisoning defected Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in the UK in 2018.
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US and European intelligence agencies discovered Russian military intelligence members to be working from the French Alps, according to an NBC News report published Thursday. News of the operation was first reported by French newspaper Le Monde.
Up to 15 members of the GRU, the Kremlin's military intelligence agency, had lived in the French Alps, where they established their base for European covert operations, according to the reports. Some of the alleged officers' names were previously published by Bellingcat, an independent investigative group.
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