In the article, titled, Tracking Putin's Most Feared Secret Agency From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond, Gershkovich recalled his experience being traded as part of a Russia-United States prisoner swap this year, and named the man allegedly responsible for his detainment.
Together, we have identified the man behind the curtain as Lt. Gen. Dmitry Minaev and can now reveal a trove of fresh details about the unit that he runs: the Department for Counterintelligence Operations. Known as DKRO, it is at the very core of Putin's opaque wartime regime.
During the prisoner swap, Gershkovich wrote, Minaev locked eyes with him and said nothing, staring in silence for nearly a minute, leaving the Wall Street Journal reporter to wonder about this man at the helm of the exchange, who appeared to hold my fate in his hands.
Gershkovich and his co-authors accused the goateed Lt. Gen Minaev of having a hands-on role in selecting which Americans to arrest, and which Russians to trade them for.
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