There’s a column in the Washington Post on Monday about Russian harassment of U.S. diplomats in Moscow and other European capitals. One of the episodes described is particularly disturbing:
In the first term of the Obama administration, Russian intelligence personnel broke into the house of the U.S. defense attache in Moscow and killed his dog, according to multiple former officials who read the intelligence reports.
The Post‘s Josh Rogin writes that harassment has gotten more common since the Ukrainian civil/proxy war began in 2014. Among the other invasive/creepy tactics mentioned:
- “following diplomats or their family members”
- “showing up at social events uninvited”
- breaking into homes and rearranging furniture
Also, “one diplomat reported that an intruder had defecated on his living room carpet.”