Military intelligence offers career path in today’s Russia

LOYGA, Russia (AP) — The desolate village of Loyga, deep in the far northern Arkhangelsk region, is the hometown of Alexander Mishkin, one of the suspected GRU Russian military intelligence agents who are believed to have poisoned a former Russian spy in Britain. The other alleged attacker and an alleged military intelligence operative accused of a hacking attack in the Netherlands come from equally dismal places.
Their stories suggest how important the military and intelligence services a