It could well be that the two men pictured below did partake in the attempted assassination
of the Skripals, but surely this report is some kind of mocking-tactic by the MSM?
The laboratory's name... really?!
of the Skripals, but surely this report is some kind of mocking-tactic by the MSM?
The laboratory's name... really?!
Quote:Dutch kicked out 'Russian spies' over alleged plot to hack lab investigating Salisbury novichok.SOURCE:
Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses the reports as the Swiss summon the
ambassador over the claims.
'Two "Russian spies" arrested in the Netherlands were reportedly plotting to hack a Swiss lab
investigating the Salisbury poisoning. The men are believed to have been agents for the Russian
military intelligence service, according to Swiss and Dutch media.
Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov -the Salisbury suspects.
They were reportedly detained earlier this year and kicked out of the Netherlands.
"The Swiss authorities are aware of the case of Russian spies discovered in The Hague and
expelled from the same place," said a spokeswoman for Switzerland's intelligence service (FIS).
Isabelle Graber said FIS agents had "participated actively in this operation together with its Dutch
and British partners".
She said the pair had attempted "illegal actions against a critical Swiss infrastructure" but did not
name the target. Swiss and Dutch media said the men had planned to hack the Spiez laboratory
which at the time was analysing novichok samples from the attack on Sergei Skripal and his
daughter Yulia.
Tages-Anzeiger newspaper reported that the men were carrying equipment that could be used to
break into the lab's IT network when they were arrested.
The lab had also been investigating data related to poison gas attacks in Syria.
Switzerland's foreign ministry said it had summoned Russia's ambassador on Friday to "protest
against this attempted attack" and demanded Russia "immediately" stop any spying in Switzerland.
"We have had indications that we have been in the crosshairs of hackers in the last few months,"
said a spokesman for the lab, Andreas Bucher. He said no data had been stolen.
The Dutch defence department declined to comment.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the reports, saying he could not believe the
arrests would not have been picked up by the media at the time. Stanislav Smirnov, a spokesman
for the Russian embassy in Switzerland, also shrugged off the claims, reported Russian state news
agency Tass.
"We believe that this is a new anti-Russian bogus story made up by the Western media," he said.
"We have seen this article and it gives rise to a lot of questions... It is absurd, just new groundless
allegations."
Last week, British officials identified Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as the suspects in
March's novichok attack. Theresa May said they were GRU intelligence officers and that the attack
had been approved "at a senior level of the Russian state".
Russia's President Putin said this week that the men caught on CCTV in Salisbury were "civilians"...'
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