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Female Russian spy who 'lured NATO staff into honeytraps while posing as jewellery designer socialite' in Italy is revealed by Bellingcat investigation
2022-08-27
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Olga Kolobova is a member of Russia's infamous network of deep-cover 'illegals'

  • She lived a double life, spying for the Kremlin as 'Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera'

  • Kolobova assumed the 'Maria' alias as early as 2006 and travelled through Europe, southeast Asia and the Middle East, spending lots of time in Italy

  • She settled in Naples - the home of NATO Allied Joint Force Command - where she ran a jewellery store and befriended dozens of NATO and US military officials

  • Kolobova returned to Moscow in 2018 and was never caught by authorities

  • Bellingcat's investigation claimed she had access to many NATO officials who likely had access to sensitive information desired by her superiors at the Kremlin
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Must be a real strain to keep both lives apart. It also shows spies don't solely make their bones by finding an AHA! recipe for a new bomb.
It's smaller stuff in large amounts over time allowing analysts to build a picture.

So one of her friends says hubby's being TDY to Taiwan. No big deal but it turns out, from other sources, that he's the thirty-fifth this month. An op is laid on to hang out there to find out what's going on.
Keeps everybody busy.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2022-08-27 11:32  

#4  The female aspect must be the surprise.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-27 10:52  

#3  One of Russia's favorite and most successful spy operations, the honeytrap.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-08-27 10:11  

#2  NATO should consult with Swallwell on this. After all, he's got experience. He'll get to the bottom of the stink.
Posted by: Warthog   2022-08-27 09:37  

#1  Nothing much new under the sun.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-08-27 06:20  

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