According to a major investigation published by Insider, 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, the worldwide mysterious phenomenon known as Havana Syndrome may be linked to the Russian intelligence unit (GRU), on Monday, the 1st of April, reports Politico.
“Members of the Kremlin’s notorious military intelligence sabotage unit were deployed at locations where attacks on US government employees and their family members have occurred abroad,” Insider wrote.
Over the past decade, more than 100 cases of unexplained health problems have been reported worldwide, affecting American spies, diplomats, military personnel, contractors and, in some cases, their spouses, children and pets.
Havana syndrome, named after the first reported case in Cuba in 2016, includes symptoms such as
ringing in the ears, chronic headaches and prolonged psychophysiological impairment.
Evidence gathered by the three media outlets points to its association with GRU Unit 29155, which deals with assassinations and political destabilisation. A former senior CIA official described their mission as “find, fix and finish”, thus furthering Vladimir Putin’s expansionist ambitions.
Evidence, including geo-location data of Russian operatives and identification of known agents from photographs, links Russian operatives to locations around the world that coincide with cases of the Havana Syndrome, officially referred to by the US government as anomalous health incidents (AHIs).
The Havana Syndrome is reportedly caused by the use of energy weapons, and senior members of Unit 29155 have received awards for developing “non-lethal acoustic weapons”, according to the investigation.
Moreover, these incidents may not have started in the Cuban capital in 2016, as initially thought, but at the US consulate in Frankfurt in 2014, a few months after Putin illegally annexed Crimea.
More recently, ahead of US Vice-President Kamala Harris’ visit to Hanoi in 2021, nearly ten US officials suffered an attack linked to symptoms of Havana syndrome, 60 Minutes reported. The investigation uncovered evidence suggesting that Russia may be sending long-range acoustic weapons to foreign governments such as Vietnam.
A US intelligence report last year found that it was “unlikely” that a foreign adversary was involved. According to AHI victims contacted by the media, the US government has not officially recognised the cause of the syndrome.
Reuters reported that the Kremlin has rejected accusations linking Russian military intelligence to Havana Syndrome,
calling them unfounded and baseless.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that despite years of media attention on the subject, no conclusive evidence had been provided to substantiate the allegations.
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