Postal terrorism continues in Europe. Dozens of airlines have been receiving bomb threats for a week, and now it's the media's turn. The style points to Russia, but there is no proof.
On Friday, three major European media outlets and several airlines received anonymous bomb threats. The campaign of intimidation has been going on for a week; Security officials believe this may be part of the Russian destabilization strategy.
Media. The staff of the Irish broadcaster RTÉ were evacuated from their offices today following bomb threats against the media company. Similar letters were sent to the British broadcaster Sky and the Bulgarian TV channel Nova. The title of the letters read "message to the West". "This is just the beginning", "very soon we will blow up your planes, cruise ships, metro stations and trains", the attackers write.
Air traffic. Also today, 17 flights across Europe were suspended due to threatening letters to airports and airlines. Over the course of a week, more than 50 flights were canceled due to "mail terrorists".
Some of the flights were diverted to other airports, and some of the planes were escorted by military fighter jets. In both cases no explosive devices were found on board.
Today, many airlines, for security reasons, did not disclose details of incidents related to threats, writes the Financial Times.
who is the writer Officials and the police have not yet named those responsible for the destabilization campaign. An FT source among Irish officials said there were "strong suspicions of Russian involvement" but no evidence of it.
According to the Italian publication ANSA, some of the letters threatening flights were signed in the name of the Male State, an extreme misogynistic organization of Russian far-right blogger and war supporter Vladislav Pozdnikov. Pozdnikov himself stated that he had nothing to do with it. According to Reuters, the letters came from a post office under the name "Mikhail Andropov".
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