Direction to the airport, without luggage, for the first flight, connecting in Moscow. This is what happened on Wednesday, September 13, to the Russian “journalist” Vitaly Denisov, who was immediately expelled by the Moldovan authorities. The director of the office of the official Russian news agency Sputnik in Moldova, a 54-year-old man, was unmasked, investigative media reports. Insider : Denisov has a very indirect relationship with journalism and is probably the 72nd officere Special Service Center (Department 54777), which, in the interests of the GRU [direction du renseignement militaire russe], is busy misinforming the foreign audience. »
A small country militarily and economically very vulnerable to Russia, Moldova has blocked the Sputnik Moldova website since February 24, 2022, following the invasion of its Ukrainian neighbor. Risk-motivated decision “Disinformation Affecting National Security”Due to the significant penetration of Russian state media in this former Soviet republic, where a large part of the population is Russian-speaking. In July, Insider and magazine TV (Moldova Channel) has already published an investigation into the intelligence activities carried out by the Russian embassy in Chisinau, which led to the expulsion of forty-five Russian diplomats.
As soon as he returned to Moscow, Vitaly Denisov complained on television that he did not “They were not allowed to do that [ses] Suitcases or even takeaways [ses] pets”, In a biting tone, he announced that he intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights: “Isn’t that fashionable for Russians now?” »
Airborne Forces Colonel
Insider Nevertheless, found some juicy elements in his biography. In 1992, a year after Ukraine’s independence, Vitaly Denisov, a graduate of the Lviv Higher Military School, refused to take the oath in Kiev and traveled to Moscow, where he stayed in an officer’s dormitory not far from the GRU. head office. Then he writes Tribouna Za Roubejom (“Foreign Tribune”), a publication known for issuing journalistic cards to GRU agents so they could work undercover internationally.
In 2005, he received a residence from the Ministry of Defense and also an officer’s card AA 0014839. His CV then had characteristic holes. He appeared again in 2013 in the Main Investigation Department of the Moscow Region, although he did not have a legal education. Three years later, he received the rank of colonel of the airborne troops. He only returned to the media in 2019, when he was appointed editor-in-chief of Sputnik in South Ossetia, a region of Georgia occupied by the Russian military. But the Caucasian air bothers him. He caused a scandal by claiming to be the victim of an attempted gassing of the town – beyond belief. It doesn’t matter if Vitaly Denisov will continue his mission in Moldova.
Source: Le Monde
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