A mysterious illness that has been plaguing US diplomatic, political and security personnel in recent years, called “Havana Syndrome” due to its initial incidence in Cuba, is believed to be the result of covert activities carried out by Russian intelligence.This is stated in the investigation, which contradicts the official version of Washington.

Dozens of people were affected by the series symptoms that medical experts attribute to ultrasound or microwaves unknown origin. The final report, published in 2023, concluded that it was “very unlikely” this was the work of a foreign governmentalthough no alternative theory has been proposed, and this wave of “abnormal medical incidents” remains a mystery.

Joint investigation published by independent Latvian media InsiderGerman weekly Der Spiegel and American television network CBS Point at Moscow authorship. One of the people responsible for Pentagon investigations, Greg Edgreen, said that “Russian connection” as a common denominator all cases.

According to the report, Russian authorities allegedly awarded its military intelligence unit number 29155 with awards and promotions for its good work in this area. Members of this group allegedly They were in all the places where attacks were reported. Journalistic investigation also exposes coincidences with these events.

Edgreen explained that American researchers themselves established a criterion that is too strict to allow formal charges to be brought against Moscowamong other things, because it would mean facing some “inconvenient truths” such as this The US would have failed to protect its personnel.

Alleged victims since 2014

The report indicates that the first case of symptoms of “La syndrome” Havana» would have happened before 2016which indicates that “the attacks probably occurred two years ago in Frankfurt, Germany, when a US government employee stationed at the consulate in that city was knocked unconscious by something like a powerful energy beam“.

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American Congress approved measures to support victims. One of them, named Carrie, told CBS how she survived the alleged attack that first forced her to fainting andafter, problems with memory and concentration.

An FBI agent explains that she was at her home in Florida when she suddenly felt loud sound in right ear. His mobile phone battery also began to swell to the point that it broke the device’s casing.

Another incident occurred in Lithuania last year during the NATO leaders’ summit. According to media sources involved in the investigation, a senior official The US Department of Defense was attacked.

“This indicates that there are no restrictions on Moscow’s actions or who will attack, and that if we don’t counteract this, the problem will get worse,” Edgreen warned in an interview.

Moscow refuses to investigate

The Kremlin denied this information which indicated that Russian military intelligence was behind the “La Syndrome”. HavanaThis affected American diplomats and spies around the world.

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“This is not a new problem at all; for many years The press exaggerated this. the problem of the so-called “LA syndrome” Havana‘, And from the very beginning this was associated with accusations against the Russian side“Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters this when asked about the report.

“But no one published or expressed anywhere convincing evidence of these unfounded accusations“he added. “Therefore, all these are nothing more than unfounded and baseless accusations by the media.”

With information from Europe Press And Reuters.