'Havana syndrome' possibly linked to Russian intelligence, media report finds

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A new joint investigation by The Insider, Der Spiegel and CBS’s 60 Minutes suggests the mysterious syndrome, which has affected several US diplomats in recent years, is linked to a Russian intelligence unit.

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00:00 "The mysterious so-called Havana syndrome symptoms experienced by US diplomats in recent

00:07 years have been linked to a Russian intelligence unit, according to a joint media investigation

00:12 by several media outlets. The illness, which can cause brain damage, may be linked to the

00:17 use of sonic weapons by Russian secret services against these personnel. Moscow dismissed

00:22 the allegations as groundless."

00:24 "No one has ever published or expressed any convincing evidence of these allegations.

00:31 Therefore, all this is nothing more than a groundless accusation, a false accusation by

00:38 the media."

00:41 Russia's 29155 unit has been blamed for several international incidents, including the attempted

00:48 poisoning of the defector Sergei Skripal in Britain in 2018. In a 2023 report, US authorities

00:55 claimed it was unlikely a foreign power was responsible for the symptoms, but put no possible

01:00 other causes forward.

01:02 (whooshing)

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