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The head of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, accused of interference in the US elections, died in Moscow.
November 22, 2018 at 2:18 pm
The head of the Russian intelligence agency GRU dies at 62
MOSCOW (AP) – The head The Russian military intelligence agency GRU, accused of interference in the US elections, died in Moscow. He was 62 years old.
The Ministry of Defense announced Thursday in a statement that Igor Korobov, who had been running the GRU since 2016, had died Wednesday of a "long and serious illness", a usual Russian euphemism for cancer. His predecessor had died two years earlier, at 58 years old.
The United States and its allies have accused the GRU of having hacked the 2016 US presidential campaign, orchestrated the attack by a nervous agent of the month of March against a former Russian spy in Britain and disturbing anti-doping efforts in the sports world. The Russian authorities rejected the accusations, describing them as participating in a smear campaign in the West.
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