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Rita Flores confession — FSB recruitment and the plot against Verzilov

Former Pussy Riot member Rita Flores says the FSB ran her as an informant for three years and finally asked her to lure activist Pyotr Verzilov to Serbia to be killed. We track whether her account is independently corroborated and how the parties involved respond.

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Členka Pussy Riot priznala tri roky donášania pre FSB. Podľa vlastných slov mala nalákať kremeľského kritika do Srbska, kde naňho mala čakať vražedná jednotka

Členka Pussy Riot priznala tri roky donášania pre FSB. Podľa vlastných slov mala nalákať kremeľského kritika do Srbska, kde naňho mala čakať vražedná jednotka

Rita Floresová tvrdí, že ju FSB vydieraním donútila tri roky donášať na kolegov z Pussy Riot. Poslednou úlohou mal byť únos a vražda Verzilova v…

20.9.2026

What we are still watching

  • Verzilov or the Ukrainian side has publicly commented on the described kidnapping plot.
  • At least one of Flores’s claims has been corroborated independently — by a document, a second witness or a third country’s investigation.
  • Serbia or another country has opened its own investigation into the described plot.
  • Zakhvatov’s secure line has produced another publicly disclosed case of a recruited activist.
  • Russian authorities have responded to Flores’s account — by prosecuting her in absentia or adding her to one of the state registers.
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