9 minutes agoHolland expels four Russians, new American charges come
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(8 years ago)Dutch authorities expelled four Russian nationals in April during a plot aimed at attacking the Organisation for Chemical Weapons Ban (OPCW) in The Hague. Dutch officials said today it is about individuals from Russian Special Forces from the GRU military intelligence service, the BBC reports. They allegedly carried out an operation [...]
Dutch officials said today it is about individuals from Russian Special Forces from the GRU military intelligence service, the BBC reports. They've allegedly carried out a cyber operation against us. OPCW.
According to the BBC, they entered the Netherlands with diplomatic passports, and among them was an IT expert. The OPCW is investigating a chemical attack on Sergei Scripal, a former Russian spy who was poisoned with a nerve agent in Great Britain.
Also investigating chemical attacks in Syria are being investigated. Russia has always denied any chemical attacks.
Dutch authorities have announced they have uncovered a plot in co-operation with Britain and the US. They claim the Russians rented a car they used to drive around the OPCW. The photo of a computer - equipment car was also published.
Four Russians were arrested on April 13th and deported to Russia, Major General Ono Eichselheim said. They are Alexey Morenets, Yevgeni Serbryakov, Oleg Sotnikov and Alexin Minin.
