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Mystery over claims that Russian double agent, 64, who exposed glamour spy Anna Chapman has died in US
PUBLISHED: 04:30 EST, 7 July 2016 | UPDATED: 09:51 EST, 7 July 2016
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A former Russian double agent who exposed glamour spy Anna Chapman has died in the US, it has been reported.
Ex-intelligence officer Colonel Alexander Poteyev, 64, was convicted by The Moscow District Military Court of betraying ten fellow spies working uncover in the US in 2011 and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Among the agents that Poteyev betrayed was Miss Chapman, who testified with nine fellow deep-cover agents at the trial.
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Poteyev fled to the US just days before the scandal broke (pictured: at his trial, in 2011)
Poteyev, pictured in Kabul, was charged over the exposure of 10 sleeper agents in the United States
Russian news agency Interfax reported Poteyev - viewed as being one of modern Russia's worst traitors - had passed away.
An anonymous source said: 'According to some information, Poteyev died in the USA. At the moment this information is being checked.'
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Interfax added: 'A second source has confirmed receiving the similar information from abroad but he did not exclude that 'it can be deceptive information, aimed at making people forget about the traitor'.
There have been no reports from the US that the 64-year-old had passed away.
The Russian report gave no suspected cause of the reported death.
Anna Chapman, 29, and nine other sleeper agents known as 'illegals' were captured in America in 2010 after they had been under US intelligence surveillance for several years
The ex-spy who now runs an antique shop in a trendy district of Moscow and works as a TV host
Anna Chapman was deported from the United States in 2010 after being charged with working as part of a Russian spy ring
Anna Chapman in uniform as she visits Russian tank division
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Poteyev had overseen the Russian sleeper agents in the US as a deputy head of the 'S' department of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.
Chapman and nine other agents were captured in America after they had been under US intelligence surveillance for several years.
They were later swapped for four men imprisoned in Russia who had allegedly spied for MI6 and the CIA. An 11th agent was arrested in Cyprus but then skipped bail and disappeared.
Poteyev fled to America shortly before US authorities announced they had busted the spy ring.
The spy left his wife behind in Russia and texted her saying: 'Try to take this calmly: I'm not going away for a while, I'm going away forever. I did not want to, but I had to. I will start a new life. I'll try to help the children.'
During the trial, Chapman said she was arrested in New York after a US agent posing as a Russian spy had identified himself with a code which only Porteyev and one other source could have known.
Days earlier he had fled Moscow for the West, she said.
Porteyev had two children and some reports suggested they were working in the US before his defection.
Chapman and nine other agents were captured in America after they had been under US intelligence surveillance for several years. The 10 are pictured above. Chapman is seen top right
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Mystery over claims that Russian double agent, 64, who exposed glamour spy Anna Chapman has died in US
- Ex-intelligence officer Colonel Alexander Poteyev was convicted of exposing ten fellow spies working uncover in the US in 2011
- He was sentenced to 25 years behind bars by the Moscow District Military Court but fled to the US
- Among the agents he betrayed was the glamour spy, Anna Chapman
- Russia reports said Poteyev - viewed as one of their worst traitors - had died
PUBLISHED: 04:30 EST, 7 July 2016 | UPDATED: 09:51 EST, 7 July 2016
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A former Russian double agent who exposed glamour spy Anna Chapman has died in the US, it has been reported.
Ex-intelligence officer Colonel Alexander Poteyev, 64, was convicted by The Moscow District Military Court of betraying ten fellow spies working uncover in the US in 2011 and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Among the agents that Poteyev betrayed was Miss Chapman, who testified with nine fellow deep-cover agents at the trial.
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Poteyev fled to the US just days before the scandal broke (pictured: at his trial, in 2011)
Poteyev, pictured in Kabul, was charged over the exposure of 10 sleeper agents in the United States
Russian news agency Interfax reported Poteyev - viewed as being one of modern Russia's worst traitors - had passed away.
An anonymous source said: 'According to some information, Poteyev died in the USA. At the moment this information is being checked.'
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Interfax added: 'A second source has confirmed receiving the similar information from abroad but he did not exclude that 'it can be deceptive information, aimed at making people forget about the traitor'.
There have been no reports from the US that the 64-year-old had passed away.
The Russian report gave no suspected cause of the reported death.
Anna Chapman, 29, and nine other sleeper agents known as 'illegals' were captured in America in 2010 after they had been under US intelligence surveillance for several years
The ex-spy who now runs an antique shop in a trendy district of Moscow and works as a TV host
Anna Chapman was deported from the United States in 2010 after being charged with working as part of a Russian spy ring
Anna Chapman in uniform as she visits Russian tank division
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Poteyev had overseen the Russian sleeper agents in the US as a deputy head of the 'S' department of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.
Chapman and nine other agents were captured in America after they had been under US intelligence surveillance for several years.
They were later swapped for four men imprisoned in Russia who had allegedly spied for MI6 and the CIA. An 11th agent was arrested in Cyprus but then skipped bail and disappeared.
Poteyev fled to America shortly before US authorities announced they had busted the spy ring.
The spy left his wife behind in Russia and texted her saying: 'Try to take this calmly: I'm not going away for a while, I'm going away forever. I did not want to, but I had to. I will start a new life. I'll try to help the children.'
During the trial, Chapman said she was arrested in New York after a US agent posing as a Russian spy had identified himself with a code which only Porteyev and one other source could have known.
Days earlier he had fled Moscow for the West, she said.
Porteyev had two children and some reports suggested they were working in the US before his defection.
Chapman and nine other agents were captured in America after they had been under US intelligence surveillance for several years. The 10 are pictured above. Chapman is seen top right
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Moscow accuses Canada of bringing back the Cold War
By Justin Ling
July 8, 2016 | 5:03 pm
With tensions in Eastern Europe increasing, and paranoia that Russia will move to expand its territory into the Balkans, NATO is drastically increasing its presence in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia.
Canada is at the forefront of that build-up. On Friday, Canada's Minister of National Defence Harjit Singh Sajjan announced that Canada would be contributing some 450 troops, six CF-18 fighter jets, and a frigate from the navy would all be a part of its NATO commitment to the mission.
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But Russia, which itself has been amassing ever-greater number of troops along its borders, isn't taking kindly to the defensive measures.
"Russia is in no way presenting a threat to anyone," reads a statement from the spokesperson for the Russian embassy in Ottawa. "However, we see this is a challenge and will find a necessary means to respond to it."
This week, Bloomberg reported that Russia has moved to add some 10,000 additional troops to its Western border with Estonia and Latvia — five times higher than the number committed by NATO in those two countries. That doesn't include any troops that may be stationed in Belarus.
Stephen Blank, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, argued in January that all of this movement is part of a broader scheme by the Kremlin to bring the Baltics under its umbrella.
"Russia has many advantages in the Baltics. The situation of Russians there, particularly in Estonia and Latvia where many Russians remain non-citizens, provides Moscow with an issue with which to stoke tensions," Blank contends.
Related: A Ukrainian Website Is Outing Russian Soldiers, and Moscow Wants Canada to Stop It
"Federal Security Services have also devoted considerable attention to recruiting Baltic businessmen, politicians, and former members of their ranks. Russian intelligence penetration of these states is at a high level, as is its media influence. And it dominates the supply of energy and electricity to the Baltic states, and has not hesitated to use that leverage to influence these nations."
Moscow, in a statement targetting the Canadian government, has totally rejected the fears of a Russian push west-ward as shadowboxing.
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"Once again, these actions are reminiscent of Cold war saber-rattling, we would emphasize that they are a complete waste of money and resources," the Russian embassy said.
Canada's announcement was made during a NATO summit wrestling with this very question.
After the summit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Ukraine to sign a free trade deal with Kyiv, and to work out a defensive pact that could allow Ottawa to approve weapons sales to the embattled country.
Related: Russia could be using a 'trust-building exercise' to send spy planes over North America
Canada has been running training missions in Eastern Europe and Ukraine for more than a year, after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
Moscow accuses Canada of bringing back the Cold War | VICE News
Canada has Russia really frazzled
By Justin Ling
July 8, 2016 | 5:03 pm
With tensions in Eastern Europe increasing, and paranoia that Russia will move to expand its territory into the Balkans, NATO is drastically increasing its presence in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia.
Canada is at the forefront of that build-up. On Friday, Canada's Minister of National Defence Harjit Singh Sajjan announced that Canada would be contributing some 450 troops, six CF-18 fighter jets, and a frigate from the navy would all be a part of its NATO commitment to the mission.
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Latvia in NATO ✔@LV_NATO
We welcome #Canada’s decision 2 take leadership of #NATO’s enhanced #ForwardPresence in #Latvia
5:01 AM - 8 Jul 2016
But Russia, which itself has been amassing ever-greater number of troops along its borders, isn't taking kindly to the defensive measures.
"Russia is in no way presenting a threat to anyone," reads a statement from the spokesperson for the Russian embassy in Ottawa. "However, we see this is a challenge and will find a necessary means to respond to it."
This week, Bloomberg reported that Russia has moved to add some 10,000 additional troops to its Western border with Estonia and Latvia — five times higher than the number committed by NATO in those two countries. That doesn't include any troops that may be stationed in Belarus.
Stephen Blank, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, argued in January that all of this movement is part of a broader scheme by the Kremlin to bring the Baltics under its umbrella.
"Russia has many advantages in the Baltics. The situation of Russians there, particularly in Estonia and Latvia where many Russians remain non-citizens, provides Moscow with an issue with which to stoke tensions," Blank contends.
Related: A Ukrainian Website Is Outing Russian Soldiers, and Moscow Wants Canada to Stop It
"Federal Security Services have also devoted considerable attention to recruiting Baltic businessmen, politicians, and former members of their ranks. Russian intelligence penetration of these states is at a high level, as is its media influence. And it dominates the supply of energy and electricity to the Baltic states, and has not hesitated to use that leverage to influence these nations."
Moscow, in a statement targetting the Canadian government, has totally rejected the fears of a Russian push west-ward as shadowboxing.
View image on Twitter
Follow
RussianEmbassyCanada ✔@RussianEmbassyC
#Russia Embassy in Canada comment on decision to deploy#NATO forces in Latvia. #cdnpoli
3:55 PM - 8 Jul 2016
"Once again, these actions are reminiscent of Cold war saber-rattling, we would emphasize that they are a complete waste of money and resources," the Russian embassy said.
Canada's announcement was made during a NATO summit wrestling with this very question.
After the summit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Ukraine to sign a free trade deal with Kyiv, and to work out a defensive pact that could allow Ottawa to approve weapons sales to the embattled country.
Related: Russia could be using a 'trust-building exercise' to send spy planes over North America
Canada has been running training missions in Eastern Europe and Ukraine for more than a year, after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
Moscow accuses Canada of bringing back the Cold War | VICE News
Canada has Russia really frazzled
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