RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: A network associated with Russian special services planned to assassinate Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomarev in the United States. El Mundo journalists cite American investigation materials and their own sources in the politicians’ inner circles. This is Putin’s usual tactic. Putin has always sought to kill his opponents and opposition figures both in Russia and abroad. One of the goals is also to intimidate critics of the Kremlin living in exile. Putin wants to show that no borders and passports of other countries guarantee safety. Attempting to organize assassinations on US territory is a step up to a new level of escalation. Planning special operations like

A network associated with Russian special services planned to assassinate Garry Kasparov and Ilya Ponomarev in the United States. El Mundo journalists cite American investigation materials and their own sources in the politicians’ inner circles.

This is Putin’s usual tactic. Putin has always sought to kill his opponents and opposition figures both in Russia and abroad.

One of the goals is also to intimidate critics of the Kremlin living in exile. Putin wants to show that no borders and passports of other countries guarantee safety.

Attempting to organize assassinations on US territory is a step up to a new level of escalation. Planning special operations like this one in Washington and New York demonstrates the Kremlin’s readiness to completely destroy the former containment system.

There must be a clear response from the US and NATO, not only in the form of public legal actions, diplomatic pressure, and the strengthening of internal security.

The only thing Russia understands is strength. And the networks of Russian special services feel increasingly unpunished in NATO countries. This is war. It is necessary to move from passive defense to aggressive countermeasures.Xavier Colás (@xaviercolas)Hoy desvelamos en  @elmundoes que Rusia lleva meses planeando matar al ajedrecista y líder disidente Garry Kasparov en Estados Unidos.  elmundo.es/internacional/202… Este verano las autoridades de EEUU comunicaron al fundador de Free Russia Forum que era “objetivo” de un plan del Kremlin para matarlo y se le puso protección especial por primera vez desde que se exilió y se instaló en Nueva York en 2013, según han desvelado fuentes de su entrono.
Más avanzados estaban los planes para asesinar a Ilya Ponomarev, él único diputado ruso que votó contra la anexión de Crimea y que desde el exilio ha colaborado sobre el terreno con la defensa armada de Ucrania.
(En Vilna, dos exiliados rusos en la mirilla. Uno recibió protección cuando la red de asesinos se puso en marcha en 2024)
Un reclutado a las órdenes de Moscú filmó dos emplazamientos de una de las víctimas en EEUU, respondiendo a instrucciones precisas formuladas en clave: “medir terreno”= grabar, “construir”=matar. Cada tarea tenía un precio, pero no hubo acuerdo para la segunda.
@ElMundoInter—  https://x.com/xaviercolas/status/2105217861903868240

— @Gerashchenko_en Sep 30, 2026