43 h. ago 'Fake admiral' tried to convince neighbours he was 'spying on Russia for NATO'

Jonathan Carley was found to have 'set out to deceive' members of the public attending a Remembrance Day service in Llandudno, Wales, by posing as a Royal Navy admiral

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6 d. ago Reflagged by Russia, spied on by UK, seized by US: why so much interest in a rusty tanker in the Atlantic?

Ship has long been part of shadow fleet used to dodge western sanctions. It had no oil onboard – but was it carrying Russian weapons?A massive, rusty crude oil tanker floating north through the Atlantic has become the centre of global interest after it was followed for days and eventually seized by US forces while Russia’s military rushed towards it.Despite not carrying any oil, the 300-metre-long ship is clearly of value. Theories for why range from speculation that high-value Russian weapons are hidden in the hull, to the ship’s potential to become a symbolic trophy in a transatlantic power struggle between Washington and Moscow. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who spied for Soviet Union and Russia, dies aged 84

In damaging intelligence breach, Ames admitted to passing information to Moscow for nearly a decadeAldrich Ames, the CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in US history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.His death on Monday was confirmed by the Bureau of Prisons. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago How fake 'Royal Navy Admiral' who laid wreaths on Remembrance Day was rumbled

Jonathan Carley posed as a distinguished Royal Navy Admiral to lay a wreath on Remembrance Sunday, but people were suspicious from the off

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7 d. ago Exposed: Video shows moment 'fake admiral' addressed military parade that commemorated historic British Army victory

Jonathan Carley, who on Monday was fined a 'pitiful' £500 after his deception was finally exposed, was filmed brazenly addressing unsuspecting crowds at an event commemorating the Battle of Rorke's Drift.

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8 d. ago Fake admiral's eerie four words to police when they knocked on his door to arrest him

Jonathan Carley, 65, from Harlech, Gwynedd, claimed that he wanted a 'sense of belonging' by wearing a uniform bearing the mark of His Majesty's Forces. But he was condemned by magistrates at he appeared before them in Llandudno

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8 d. ago 'Fake admiral' is fined £500 after admitting wearing fake military uniform and medals at Remembrance event

Jonathan Carley, 65, sparked fury after laying a wreath at the ceremony in Llandudno, North Wales dressed in a Rear Admiral's uniform with 12 medals pinned to his jacket.

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8 d. ago 'Fake admiral' fined £500 after admitting illegally wearing military uniform at Remembrance Sunday event with chest full of 'suspicious' medals

Jonathan Carley, 65, sparked fury after laying a wreath at the ceremony in Llandudno, North Wales dressed in a Rear Admiral's uniform with 12 medals pinned to his jacket.

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8 d. ago ‘Fake Admiral’ pleads guilty to dressing in Navy uniform for Remembrance Sunday service

Jonathan Carley was arrested after wearing the uniform of a ‘high ranking navy officer’

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8 d. ago 'Fake Admiral' fined £500 for dressing up in Royal Navy outfit for Remembrance event without permission

Jonathan Carley, 65, admitted the offence at Llandudno Magistrates' Court on Monday

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8 d. ago 'Fake admiral' arrives at court accused of 'gatecrashing Remembrance ceremony'

Jonathan Carley, 64, is accused of wearing uniform bearing the mark of His Majesty's Forces without permission as he today appeared at Llandudno Magistrates' Court

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2 w. ago ‘All brakes are off’: Russia’s attempt to rein in illicit market for leaked data backfires

Russian state has tolerated parallel probiv market for its convenience but now Ukrainian spies are exploiting itRussia is scrambling to rein in the country’s sprawling illicit market for leaked personal data, a shadowy ecosystem long exploited by investigative journalists, police and criminal groups.For more than a decade, Russia’s so-called probiv market – a term derived from the verb “to pierce” or “to punch into a search bar” – has operated as a parallel information economy built on a network of corrupt officials, traffic police, bank employees and low-level security staff willing to sell access to restricted government or corporate databases. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago PETER HITCHENS: Our spies should discretely advise our elected government

I yearn for the days when we pretended not to have any spies. In our missions abroad, they were known as 'the unmentionables', the same word Victorians once used to describe underwear.

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4 w. ago Peace plans ready to be presented to Russia in days, says Zelenskyy

US says talks with Ukraine in Berlin have resolved 90% of difficult issues – but no sign Putin willing to compromiseEurope live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals negotiated with US officials on a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could be finalised within days, after which American envoys will present them to the Kremlin.After two days of talks in Berlin, US officials said on Monday they had resolved “90%” of the problematic issues between Russia and Ukraine, but despite the positive spin it is not clear that an end to the war is any closer, particularly as the Russian side is absent from the current talks. Continue reading...

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