Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Contrary To earlier Reports, Russia`s Spy Chief Is Not Resigning

Alexander Shlyakhturov. © Photo Press Office of the Russian Defense Ministry

Government Daily Denies Reports Russian Spy Chief Resigned -- RIA Novosti

Russian government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta denied on Monday media reports about the resignation of the chief of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), Col. Gen. Alexander Shlyakhturov.

The Kommersant business daily said in an unattributed report on Saturday that Shlyakhturov, 64, had resigned from his post.

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My Comment: These contradictory reports are very strange. In all of my years of following and covering defense/intelligence news reports from Russia .... this confusion at this level is a first.

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