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Following a series of high-profile failures and mass expulsions of uniformed “diplomats,” Russian intelligence has turned to more subtle methods, including leveraging scientific organizations with international ties.

‌Alexei Navalny reportedly suffered an agonising and slow death lasting several hours - and caused by a 'new posion', a former Russian professor has claimed

Vladimir Putin said occasionally when he meets his old cclassmates or fellow university students, they look at him and say: "I don’t believe it, is it actually you, or not you?"

This comes as the "main doppelgänger” was separately named for the first time as Yevgeny Vasilyevich, originally a carpenter from Belarus

Security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev, 72, who is Russia's top security official, is often pegged as the most likely man to succeed Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin

There have been wild claims that on October 22 Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin died and was secretly replaced by a body double being controlled by Russian security henchmen and senior apparatchiks

A Russian Telegram channel claims that Vladimir Putin is on the verge of dying from ill health and body doubles are currently be used to impersonate him in public appearances

Former KGB and security boss Nikolai Patrushev told of a 'radioactive cloud' drifting across Europe after Russian strikes hit a uranium supply - the claim has since been debunked as propaganda

Rumours of Vladimir Putin suffering a temporary "nervous breakdown" came amid speculation he used a body double to represent him while visiting high-ranking Russian generals in Ukraine

Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems are reported to have a range of over 7,500 miles with multiple nuclear warheads and are capable of striking both Europe and the US

Vladimir Putin's top security aide, Nikolai Patrushev, has insisted that the dictator is ready to destroy the West if there are any attempts to try to stop Russia's war in Ukraine

Russians believe that Vladimir Putin has an army of body doubles that have stood in for him at key public appearances, including when he was driving over the Crimea Bridge in December last year, and at the funeral of a regional director

The delivery of missiles from Iran to Russia, it was claimed, is the real reason behind a phone call between Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and Tehran president Ebrahim Raisi

Vladimir Putin's ex-Kremlin chief of staff Anatoly Chubais, who stood down over war in Ukraine, is reportedly planning to move to the UK after a poisoning scare