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'Dutch expelled four Russians over chemical weapons watchdog'

Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:29 PM
Last update on: Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:34 PM

AFP, The Hague

Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:29 PM Last update on: Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:34 PM

Dutch Minister of Defence Ank Bijleveld, general Onno Eichelsheim, director of Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service and British Ambassador to the Netherlands Peter Wilson attend a news conference in The Hague in Netherlands on October 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Dutch intelligence thwarted a Russian plot targeting global chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW in April and expelled four Russian agents, the defence minister said today.

A laptop belonging to one of the four was linked to Brazil, Switzerland and Malaysia, with the activities in Malaysia related to the investigation into the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine, Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld told a news conference.

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'Dutch expelled four Russians over chemical weapons watchdog'

Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:29 PM
Last update on: Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:34 PM

AFP, The Hague

Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:29 PM Last update on: Thu Oct 4, 2018 04:34 PM

Dutch intelligence thwarted a Russian plot targeting global chemical weapons watchdog the OPCW in April and expelled four Russian agents, the defence minister said today.