![]() ![]() Her passport number was only one digit away from the GRU boss who handled the Skripal poisonings, Bellingcat said. It appeared Kolobova had been pulled from Naples because her handlers feared the passport information could have also blown her cover. Data related to passports is sometimes leaked onto Russia’s black market and used by investigators. That report also used passport data to link two of the alleged poisoners to the GRU, revealing that the spy agency had used consecutive passport numbers for its operatives’ travel documents. She eventually left Naples for Moscow in 2018, one day after Bellingcat and its partner The Insider published research on a chemical attack against Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK. Kolobova, traveling as Rivera, had traveled on several Russian passports with serial numbers similar to other GRU operatives, Bellingcat found. They determined she was likely an “illegal,” part of a GRU program that planted spies in other countries under fake identities. Her first recorded trip was a train ride from Moscow to Paris via Belarus in 2011. The passport’s holder’s non-Russian name, Rivera, stood out to the investigators. ![]() They noticed a passport number similar to one used by another GRU operative. During a previous investigation, they had discovered that the GRU issued its agents passports with serial numbers that were close to each other. The researchers searched the database for passport numbers similar to those that had been previously used by GRU operatives. She also traveled regularly, including to Bahrain, which is home to a large US Navy base.īellingcat researchers picked up on her trail after a Belarusian border guards database was leaked. Posted by PL MANAGEMENT di Fabio Ummarino on Monday, February 15, 2016 Tutti gli scatti, in esclusiva su #PensiamoinGrande Grand Opening Serein Concept Gallery, top class Event.
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