General Vladimir Alekseyev stayed out of the limelight as Russia celebrated its Military Intelligence Day on 5 November. The first deputy director of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GU (formerly the GRU), has refrained from speaking out publicly since voicing his views on Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny. The last public statement he made was a Telegram post showing his address to troops of the paramilitary group Wagner on 23 June, in which he called the mutiny a "provocation" and "stab in the
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Vladimir Alekseyev, the bridge between military intelligence and paramilitary groups
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