Since 2003, more than two dozen murders or mysterious deaths in multiple countries seem to trace back to Moscow.
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Russia is reportedly behind a disturbing number of assassinations outside its borders
At least 33 murders or mysterious deaths in 5 different countries seem to trace back to Moscow.
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But no one seems to be doing much about it.
At least 33 people in the UK, US, Ukraine, Greece, India, and Kazakhstan have been murdered or died mysteriously in the last 14 years, according to recent reports by BuzzFeed News and USA Today.
Last week, BuzzFeed News released the first two parts of a two-year investigation detailing how US spy agencies gave the British government, upon its request, evidence linking the murders or deaths of 14 Russians and Brits in the UK to the Kremlin, the FSB — Russia's security agency — or the Russian mafia, which sometimes works with the government. But the British government has ruled out foul play in each case.
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The report was based on a large volume of documents, phone records and secret recordings, as well as interviews with American, British and French intelligence and law enforcement officials.
In early May, USA Today also reported that "38 prominent Russians" had been murdered or died suspiciously since 2014. Nineteen of the incidents happened outside of Russia: 3 in the US (2 in New York and 1 in Washington DC), 1 in Greece, 1 in India, 1 in Kazakhstan, and 12 in Ukraine.
USA Today named three other victims, but could not determine the locations of the incidents.
On June 1, a Chechen assassin posing as a French journalist also tried to kill a married couple,
The 14 victims BuzzFeed News has revealed had all gotten in the way or run afoul of powerful Russians. They were either stabbed, killed in mysterious crashes, hanged, driven to suicide after repeated threats against their lives, or poisoned.
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The New York Police Department declined to comment to Business Insider about the murder of Sergei Krivov, saying information could only be released via a Freedom of Information Act request. The NYPD pointed Business Insider to the United Nations when asked about the death of Vitaly Churkin, the former Russian diplomat to the UN, who died of an apparent heart attack.
The UN said to contact the Russian government. The Russian Embassy in D.C. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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