Russia sends new intelligence cadres to its embassy in Vilnius – Investigation

In solidarity with the UK after the Skripal poisoning, Lithuania last March expelled Russian military attachés – Captain First Class Vitali Timofeyev and his assistant, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Pobut, who were allegedly working for the Russian intelligence services. Three more officers working under diplomatic cover were expelled soon after.

However, more Russian security cadres have been sent to Vilnius. A joint research by LRT Investigation Team and Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Dossier Center has profiled five out of 28 listed workers at the embassy who could be identified as having links with the Russian intelligence services.

Russian embassy in Vilnius / BNS

An apartment block built for intelligence officers and their families, located on Udaltsov street in Moscow / LRT Investigation Team

In 2009, Kairish registered his car linked to an address in the same building / LRT Investigation Team

Russian embassy in Vilnius / BNS

Lithuania's Russia Forum in 2018, featuring the key Russian opposition figures, as well as high level Lithuanian officials, including Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius / BNS

In 2009, Kairish registered his car linked to an address in the same building / LRT Investigation Team

Traffic fines issued to Naumkin were sent to the Military Unit 36360, a GRU facility specialising in radio surveillance / LRT Investigation Team

Dossier Center, established by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is “engaged in research of observance of laws by officials, businessmen, politicians and deputies in the regions of Russia”. Identity of the contributing journalist is protected due to threats to his safety.