Seeing so many interesting and original and inspiring photos in an exhibition I did not plan to visit was the best antidote to February sadness.

Boris Mikhailov: Ukrainian Diary

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#Mikhailov #photographersgallery #londonexhibitions

Western states and Russia are secretly competing for custody of Russian operative Yaroslav #Mikhailov, accused of coordinating 2023 European parcel attacks. Moscow pressures Azerbaijan to return him, while Poland, the UK, Ukraine and Lithuania seek extradition.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/18/russia-azerbaijan-mikhailov-parcel-plot/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #UK

Russia, Europe fight for custody of operative linked to DHL bomb plot

A Russian national, now in Azerbaijan, is suspected of coordinating a 2024 parcel plot targeting air cargo planes in Europe.

The Washington Post

#Azerbaijan rejected all requests regarding #Mikhailov. As a result, he spent most of last year in limbo: formally not detained, but under surveillance and banned from leaving the country.

#Yaroslav_Mikhailov is a native of #Donetsk, #Rostov_Oblast. In the 2010s, he worked for a local berry company, #Donecorbik.

In 2015, he visited #Ukraine several times, including occupied #Luhansk_Oblast and #Kharkiv_Oblast. In January 2016,

This is evidenced by the fact that the heads of three #Russian intelligence services — the #FSB, the #SVR, and the #GRU — tried to pressure #Baku to extradite him to #Russia and reject #Poland’s request.

Meanwhile, #Poland, the #UK, #Ukraine, and #Lithuania worked to prevent his return to #Russia. The publication reports that #Interpol, at #Warsaw’s request, issued a secret arrest warrant for #Mikhailov for terrorist operations he carried out on behalf of #Russian intelligence.

"I would have thought that #Azerbaijan would be happy to extradite him?"🤔

From https://t.me/United24media

#Azerbaijan refused to extradite a #Russian agent suspected of coordinating terrorist attacks on #DHL warehouses in #Europe in 2024.

According to #The_Washington_Post, the suspect is #Russian citizen #Yaroslav_Mikhailov, who used a fake passport to flee to #Azerbaijan.

Sources in Western intelligence agencies note #Mikhailov’s importance to the #Kremlin.

Later, #Mikhailov wrote on his Telegram channel that he had been detained. #Mikhailov’s lawyer reported that he is being charged with petty hooliganism

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

#Ruschist sources reporting a large #Ukrainian operation in #Snehiryovka - a highly strategic base for Ruschist forces just over the #Kherson border in #Mikhailov Region.

#Muscovy's only foothold in Mikhailov which they've been using to strike Mikhailov and to provision and to protect their forces on the Right-Bank of the #Dnieper River in Kherson since the occupation began.

From these Ruschist #Telegram posts. Ruschists definitely not panicking 🍉