Call Between Alexey Navalny and FSB Officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev [English Subtitles]

Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it as a striking confession obtained through caller ID spoofing and social engineering.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Bellingcat

Topic

navalny poisoning investigation

Format

news

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• If you haven't seen the full investigation released last week I'd strongly recommend you check it out, top notch investigative journalism. The video has English subtitles: [LINK] Also here's the full phone call with the FSB agent, with english transcript: [VIDEO]

• I highly recommend reading Bellingcat's investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny and how they tracked down the individual FSB officers responsible: [LINK] It's the most impressive investigative work I have ever read. One can only imagine the capabilities of nation state actors if an …

• In case you missed it: Navalny found conclusive evidence of a cover-up for his poisoning [1] [2] [3]. But the best part is how he did it: caller ID spoof + social engineering. IMO exploiting the authoritarian nature/culture was really clever. Every time Kudryavtsev demurs …