Putin’s secret army: Russian president is accused of building ‘battle groups’ trained in close combat who are ready for operations in western Europe
Putin is accused of forming secret ‘battle groups’ in western countries
Army of sleeper agents are trained in martial arts and knife fighting
Extraordinary claims made by Putin expert and biographer Boris Reitschuster who said he had seen intelligence reports on the groups
By ALLAN HALL
DailyMail.com
11 April 2016
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is accused of forming secret ‘battle groups’ in western countries including Germany ready to activate at a moment’s notice.
Putin expert and biographer Boris Reitschuster claims in his new book ‘Putin’s Hidden War’ that this army of sleepers is trained in the Russian ‘Systema’ techniques of martial arts and knife fighting as taught to his country’s special forces units.
German author Reitschuster claims to have seen the reports of a western European intelligence service detailing the covert groups spread across the continent.
‘This means the Kremlin leader and ex-Intelligence Chief Putin has direct access to an elite fighter network in the West,’ said popular German daily newspaper BILD ahead of the book’s publication on Friday this week.
Reitschuster says the commanders of this secret army are drawn from GRU military intelligence and elite WDW airborn troops, adding; ‘This fighting force in enemy territory is a mainstay in Putin’s hidden war against the West.’
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