‘Havana Syndrome’. Special Russian military unit linked to mysterious attacks on US diplomats and spies – The Insider investigation

The mysterious condition known as “Havana syndrome” that has afflicted American diplomats and spies around the world appears to have been triggered by energy weapons used by members of a Russian military intelligence sabotage unit, a media investigation has revealed. by The Insider publication, in collaboration with 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel.

A US intelligence investigation whose findings were published last year found it “highly unlikely” that a foreign adversary was responsible for the condition, first noticed by US embassy officials in the Cuban capital, Havana, in 2016.

Symptoms of the condition included migraines, nausea, memory loss and dizziness.

But Insider, a Russia-focused investigative media group based in Riga, Latvia, is now writing that members of a Russian military intelligence unit (GRU), known as code number 29155, were consistently at the scene of the incidents of health in which American personnel were involved.

The Insider investigation, carried out in collaboration with journalists from the US 60 Minutes (CBS News) and Germany’s Der Spiegel, also learned that high-ranking members of unit 29155 were awarded and promoted for work related to the development of “acoustic weapons non-lethal”.

Officially, Russia has previously denied any involvement.

The Insider’s investigation revealed, among other things, that the first incident with symptoms of “Havana syndrome” may have occurred earlier than 2016.

The publication stated that “there were likely attacks two years earlier in Frankfurt, Germany, when a US government employee stationed at the consulate there was knocked unconscious by what appeared to be a powerful energy beam.”

The victim was later diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and was also able to identify an agent of Unit 29155 based in Geneva, writes The Insider.

Greg Edgreen, a former US Army lieutenant colonel who led the Defense Intelligence Agency’s “Havana Syndrome” investigation from 2021 to 2023, told CBS that he believes the US is under attack by the Putin regime.

Edgreen said the first 5% to 10% of officers across the agency were affected.

“And consistently, there was a connection to Russia,” said Edgreen, who spoke publicly for the first time on “60 Minutes.”

Mark Zaid, a lawyer for several victims of Havana Syndrome, told 60 Minutes that there was evidence of a “cover-up” by the government.

And other sources said many of the officers affected by the syndrome were involved in Russia-related activities or were stationed in places where Russian spies could easily operate, such as Cuba, China, Vietnam and most of Europe.

Some incidents in Hanoi, Bogota, London and India occurred before or during visits by senior US officials.

The US Congress passed the Havana Act in 2021, authorizing the State Department, CIA and other US government agencies to provide payments to employees affected during the mission.

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