FSB Fifth Service runs covert ops in Belarus via Moscow House, per investigation

An investigation by Bureau Media alleges that the FSB's Fifth Service, operating under state-cover abroad, curates the Moscow House in Minsk and was involved in preparing a 'fifth column' in Ukraine before the invasion. The claim is sourced from a journalist and lacks independent corroboration. If true, it signals expanded Russian covert influence operations in Belarus.

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