Laas Leivat: Russian activists abroad – the Kremlin targets them directly or with Western co-operation (II)

It’s been mentioned that of all the public Red Notices, Russia initiates an overwhelming 38% of the total. To put that into perspective, the U.S. is responsible for 4.3% while China initiates 0.5%. Russia has even been able to detain people residing in the U.S. for long periods.

Russia’s egregious abuse of Interpol’s info-sharing services is boldfaced harassment, but still mild compared to the Kremlin’s more aggressive transnational repression activities abroad. It relies on assassination, targeting former government insiders and all others considered to be threats to the Putin regime.