{"id":2002084,"date":"2023-08-16T04:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-revives-stalin-style-hunts-for-expatriate-russians-political-murders-happen-here\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T04:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T08:12:31","slug":"putin-revives-stalin-style-hunts-for-expatriate-russians-political-murders-happen-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-revives-stalin-style-hunts-for-expatriate-russians-political-murders-happen-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin brings back Stalin-era manhunts for Russian expats: &#8216;Political assassinations occur&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-revives-stalin-style-hunts-for-expatriate-russians-political-murders-happen-here%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Russian Dissidents \u2064Face Ongoing Threats<\/h2>\n<p>Imagine falling \u2062ill\u2062 on an \u200bovernight train ride to Munich, only to be scolded by a frustrated German detective. This was the reality\u200d for a\u2062 dissident Russian journalist who had been warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cia-head-petraeus-prigozhin-lost-his-wagner-group-should-be-very-careful-around-open-windows\/\" title=\"Former CIA Director Petraeus warns Prigozhin: Watch out near open windows, you lost Wagner Group.\">potential assassination attempts<\/a> by associates of \u2063Russian President \u2063Vladimir Putin. For three months, she had suffered \u2062from mysterious and miserable ailments, seeking help from perplexed doctors but not contacting the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Detective&#8217;s Warning<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t understand why it \u2062took you\u2064 so long to contact us,&#8221; \u200dthe detective told the journalist. &#8220;We\u200d have\u2062 political murders happen here. Russia\u2019s secret services are\u2064 active in this country. \u200dAnd your recklessness, yours and your colleagues\u2019, is just beyond the pale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This journalist, Elena Kostyuchenko, had been forced\u200b to stop covering the war in Ukraine after \u2062learning that she was marked for assassination. She had laughed off the idea that Putin&#8217;s henchmen would follow her to Munich, but she \u200bsoon realized she was not alone. Many Russian\u200c dissidents have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-revives-stalin-style-hunts-for-expatriate-russians-political-murders-happen-here\/\" title=\"Putin brings back Stalin-era manhunts for Russian expats: 'Political assassinations occur'\">experienced similar alarming physical ailments<\/a> since Putin&#8217;s campaign to overthrow the Ukrainian government began.<\/p>\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-former-trump-iran-envoy-facing-serious-and-credible-threats\/\" title=\"Biden Admin: Former Trump Iran Envoy Facing \u2018Serious and Credible\u2019 Threats\">threats persist<\/a>, despite efforts by Western allies to \u200bcurtail Russian intelligence operations \u2063in\u200b Europe. Expulsions of \u2064Russian officials and crackdowns on spy hubs have\u2062 occurred, but the danger remains. Even a\u200c &#8220;rundown seaside guesthouse&#8221; in England\u2062 became the scene of a raid targeting Bulgarian individuals accused of spying for Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Expatriate \u2063Russian journalists, like\u2064 Kostyuchenko,\u2064 have \u200dbecome\u2064 targets. The Insider, an\u2064 independent Russian outlet, has consulted doctors and experts who believe Kostyuchenko was likely poisoned.\u2062 She is part of a \u200btrio of journalists and dissidents who have experienced similar ailments, raising suspicions of foul play.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Warning\u2064 to Others<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We are not safe,\u2062 and we will never be safe until the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-culture-can-be-downstream-of-politics\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: Culture\u00a0Can Be\u00a0Downstream Of Politics\">political regime<\/a> changes in Russia,&#8221; Kostyuchenko wrote. &#8220;Our \u2064work is what hastens\u200c its end, but the regime will defend itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While precautions are taken by those at risk, the attacks on overseas journalists seem futile and \u200dcostly for the Russian regime. The evidence of \u2064targeted\u2062 assassinations raises concerns, but it also highlights the determination of those who challenge Putin&#8217;s control.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200dthe\u2064 world \u2064watches the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-russia-is-preparing-response-to-attack-on-crucial-bridge-to-crimea\/\" title=\"Putin: Russia ready to retaliate for attack on vital Crimea bridge.\">full-scale\u2062 invasion<\/a> of\u2063 Ukraine \u200dand the mass exodus of Russian dissidents, it\u200d becomes clear\u200b that\u200d the interplay of interests has led to an expansion of Russian intelligence operations against expatriate critics. The echoes of Soviet-era tactics are undeniable, but the fight for freedom of speech \u2062and\u200b human rights continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fell ill on her way to Munich, faced a stern reprimand from a German detective. This experienced investigator had solved cases involving state-sponsored terrorism, even imprisoning an assassin. The journalist, a Russian dissident, found herself in an unfortunate situation on the overnight train ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2002085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}