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Thursday, November 22, 2018

6:42 AM 11/22/2018 – Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov, the head of the Russian GRU, died in Moscow at the age of 62

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Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov – Google Search

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Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from New York Times

Head of Russia’s Military Spy Agency Dies

New York Times–7 hours ago

Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov, 63, had not been seen in public for months and was notably absent from a ceremony on Nov. 2 marking the 100th …

Head of Russian military intelligence service dies aged 63
Newstalk 106-108 fm–32 minutes ago

Novichok spymaster DEAD: Russian GRU chief blamed for Salisbury …
International–Daily Mail–3 hours ago

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Zemřel šéf ruské vojenské rozvědky GRU Igor Korobov

ceskatelevize.cz/ct24–2 hours ago

#BREAKING: Head of #Russia’s Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), Colonel General Igor Korobovhas died "after a long and serious …

Zemřel šéf ruské rozvědky GRU. Trpěl vážnou nemocí, tvrdí ministerstvo
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Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from Daily Mail

Head of the GRU is in ‘ill health’ after furious dressing down from Putin …

Daily Mail–Oct 8, 2018

GRU chief Col–Gen Igor Korobov, 62, reportedly emerged shaken and in sudden ‘ill health’ after his confrontation with the furious Russian …

Russian GRU chief ‘falls ill’ after furious Vladimir Putin rages over …
International–Daily Star–Oct 9, 2018

Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Chiefs Of Three Russian Intelligence Agencies Travel To Washington

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty–Jan 31, 2018

… Aleksandr Bortnikov, director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), and Colonel General Igor Korobov, chief of Russian General Staff’s Main …

Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from Daily Beast

This Russian Spy Agency Is in the Middle of Everything

Daily Beast–Aug 8, 2018

Igor Korobov, the head of the GRU, was singled out personally for U.S. Treasury sanctions … Korobovwas promoted to colonel-general, and Putin bestowed on him the highest state … Moreover, in Moscow’s intramural spy-vs.

Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from The Guardian

US indicts 12 Russians for hacking DNC emails during the 2016 election

The Guardian–Jul 13, 2018

Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein announces that 12 …. units in the Military Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, up to the rank of colonel. … from the GRU leadership, including Igor Korobov, the directorate’s head. … Live Magnus Carlsen v Fabiano Caruana: World Chess Championship, Game 9 – live!

Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from ABC News

A look at the Russian spy agency behind the election meddling

ABC News–Jul 25, 2018

The GRU—since 2010 now called the GU or General Directorate but still widely referred to by its … Perhaps its greatest victory came in the 1960s, when Col. … The GRU’s head, Igor Korobov and three of his deputies were sanctioned by Barack Obama’s … Abortion rate hits lowest number since Roe v.

The GRU: Putin’s No-Longer-So-Secret Weapon

Daily Beast–Dec 31, 2016

For starters, Oleg Penkovsky, a GRU colonel and a close friend of then-KGB chairman …. Gen. IgorSergun, another former embassy attaché, whose … and his replacement Igor Valentinovich Korobovnow finds himself on a …

Story image for Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov from Times of India

GRU, Russia’s spy agency with growing global footprint

Times of India–Sep 6, 2018

Its chief Igor Korobov reports to the Chief of the General Staff Valery … Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence, was jailed for …

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Head of Russia's Military Spy Agency Dies – Google Search

Thursday November 22^nd, 2018 at 5:33 AM

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Head of Russia's Military Spy Agency Dies

Thursday November 22^nd, 2018 at 5:32 AM

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The head of Russia's military intelligence agency, who oversaw the hacking of the Democratic Party's computers during the United States' 2016 presidential election, died on Wednesday after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported.

Col. Gen. Igor V. Korobov, 63, had not been seen in public for months and was notably absent from a ceremony on Nov. 2 marking the 100th anniversary of the military intelligence agency, known as the G.R.U. Historically a secretive, little-understood agency, the G.R.U. under General Korobov emerged as Russia's primary tool of global disruption.

Mr. Korobov was sanctioned by the Treasury Department for the release of emails stolen from the Democratic Party in support of Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.

Under his watch, the G.R.U. was also implicated in the theft and publication of documents belonging to the presidential campaign of Emmanuel Macron in France, hacking computers of the global antidoping watchdog and the poisoning of a former G.R.U. officer, Sergei V. Skripal, with a highly potent nerve agent in Britain earlier this year.

G.R.U. operatives also play a key role in the wars in Ukraine and Syria.

Such operations have demonstrated Russia's ability to project its limited power well beyond its borders and remain a relevant international player that the West is still struggling to reckon with.

Col. Gen. Igor V. KorobovCreditMinistry of Defence of the Russian Federation

General Korobov was appointed head of the G.R.U. by President Vladimir V. Putin in January 2016 after his predecessor, Igor D. Sergun, died suddenly. But the general's absence in recent months has fueled rumors about an impending leadership shake-up at the agency.

Russian news agencies cited a Defense Ministry statement which described the general as a "true son of Russia, a patriot of the Fatherland." And at the G.R.U.'s anniversary ceremony this month, Mr. Putin praised the agency for its "unique capabilities."

Though General Korobov is one of Russia's top military officials, very little is publicly known about him. According to his sparse biography on the Defense Ministry's website, he joined the armed forces in 1973 and joined the G.R.U. in 1985.

Despite Mr. Putin's recent laudatory remarks, the G.R.U. has had its share of missteps lately. Just weeks after British authorities released photographs and aliases of two G.R.U. officers suspected of poisoning Mr. Skripal in England in March, researchers with the investigative group Bellingcat were able to uncover the officers' true identities and travel itineraries primarily using publicly available information.

In October, officials in the Netherlands revealed details about a botched attempt by four agency operatives to hack into the computers of the world's chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague. The operatives were carrying computers with details from previous missions along with an airport taxi receipt showing that they had been picked up outside a G.R.U. headquarters building in Moscow.

Still, the agency's activities have put Russia's adversaries on edge and have provoked fierce reaction from the West. Russia has been hit with wave after wave of sanctions as a result of its election interference. After Mr. Skripal was poisoned, Britain and many allies expelled more than 150 Russia diplomats, many believed to be undercover intelligence operatives.

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