The author of the Navalny investigation is protected by special reaches in Vienna through the spies of the Russian Federation - WSJ
According to the media, two years ago, Grozev received a warning from Austrian intelligence and US law enforcement agencies. It was said that the investigator was planning to kill the Kremlin spies. Having lived with his family for 20 years in Austria, the journalist was forced to move to the United States. From 2023 he lives there, one sometimes returns to visit the remaining relatives. When the Grozev is in Vienna, he receives state protection.
His house in the city center is guarded by armed fighters of special reaches. The publication noted that Vienna became a "new spy center of Russia in Europe". According to intelligence, dozens of spies have appeared in Austria since the beginning of a full -scale war. Over the past two years, the number of civil servants from the Russian Federation has increased from 300-400 to more than 500. The scouts suspect that half of the bottom is spies.
"Vienna is now the basis for Russian secret operations, including funding and logistical support for murder, sabotage and recruitment throughout Europe, as well as industrial espionage and operations, according to more than a dozen Austrian, European and American scouts and government officials," in the media. In particular, the Russians in Vienna are suspected of helping tracking weapons supply to Ukraine and the murder of the Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov.
The unnamed intelligence representative said that Russia sends large amounts of cash by machines to neighboring countries, such as Lithuania. From there, money is transported through Europe, often by diplomatic mail that police can not check. It is noted that Russia restores the spy network by recruiting civilians, criminals, hackers and private detectives. The European intelligence officer compared enemy intelligence with octopus, whose head is in Central Europe.