A Russian double agent could use a Ramon Mercader style hit ordered on him. The agent in question is involved with a high profile case. A high position Russian official and member of the intelligence service noted Chapman and other spies to American authorities and defected. Mercader assassinated Leon Trotsky on orders from Joseph Stalin.
Rumor of Ramon Mercader style hit ordered
10 people were arrested after U.S. officials were tipped off for being spies for the Russian government. Anna Chapman was among them. A rumored high ranking defector disclosed the spy ring. A recently published article in the Russian periodical Kommersant included some statements from a high ranking member of the SVR, the Russian intelligence service, according to The Guardian. Supposedly the defector was supposed to be taken care of. "A Mercader" was sent to do this. Ramon Mercader is being referred to when saying "Mercader." He was sent to murder Leon Trotsky after Trotsky was exiled from the Soviet Union while Mercader was a Spanish agent. Mercader was decorated with the Hero of the Soviet Union award.
Important defector
A high ranking official in the Russian intelligence service is supposedly the person who leaked the Anna Chapman Russian spy ring. He was given a name. The Telegraph reports it is Colonel Scherbakov. Reporters talked to the president of Russia, Dimitri Medvedev who said it was old news. The supposed Scherbakov would bring illegal immigrants from Russia to the United States and plant them in various places under assumed identities. In Russia in July, four agents were exchanged for 10 spies.
Hear more info on the Cold War
The Cold War may be brought back if the former KGB operative gets his way. This is the same person as the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. It makes sense considering Russian agents are operating in the U.S.
Articles cited
The Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8129368/Dmitry-Medvedev-confirms-traitor-told-US-about-Russian-spy-ring.html
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/11/kremlin-assassin-anna-chapman-traitor
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