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Call Between Alexey Navalny and FSB Officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev [English Subtitles]

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What it is

Bellingcat's publication of the recorded call in which Alexey Navalny, posing as a security aide, gets FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev to describe the operation to poison him. It has English subtitles.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a striking confession obtained through caller ID spoofing and social engineering.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Also here's the full phone call with the FSB agent, with english transcript”

    Full phone call where Navalny gets an FSB agent to describe his poisoning.

    asats, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned”

  2. “Even more incredible is that Alexei Navalny personally called an FSB officer and was able to extract a confession”

    Navalny calls an FSB officer and extracts a confession.

    cedws, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Bellingcat Open Technical Questions 2024”

  3. “But the best part is how he did it: caller ID spoof + social engineering.”

    Navalny spoofs caller ID and extracts confession from poisoning conspirator.

    wyldfire, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Novichok Nerve Agent Poisoning”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: navalny, fsb, bellingcat, social engineering, novichok

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