Leaked FSB Spy Documents Claim Putin Planned To Invade Japan Over Island Dispute

An email addressed to Vladimir Osechkin leaked FSB spy documents that claimed that Putin planned to invade Japan over the island dispute.

Months before President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia was prepared to invade Japan in the summer of 2021, according to an email including a letter from a whistleblower at the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia that was shared with Newsweek.

The email, dated March 17, was addressed to Vladimir Osechkin, a Russian...

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