Only Fools Russian
Have you been following the story about the missing and dead American scientists? News outlets are calling it a “fringe conspiracy theory.”
Doesn’t really look like one to me. The thing about unusual patterns is that noise can exist in a bonafide signal. They do not have to been studying UFOs. They also do not have to have all been murdered - out of 13 deaths with question marks attached, how many have to be the result of a hostile foreign actor for it to matter?
Also, few seem to have connected the detail that one of them had evidence of burns on their organs from a directed energy weapon… the same kind of directed energy weapons that have been used on hundreds of top American spies and diplomats since at least 2016.
Like the one made with Russian components that was purchased by the department of Homeland Security from a “complex Russian criminal network” that is believed to have connections to the Russian military and intelligence complex.
The evidence of directed energy was found on Amy Eskridge, whose parents reportedly said, “Sometimes scientists die, just like everyone else.”
They say it was a suicide and that she was in chronic pain before her death. I haven't seen them comment publicly on the fact that she said she was being harassed by an eastern european man, or that her ex boyfriend also witnessed this harassment… which would mean she didn’t imagine it.
Or the fact that a month before her death, she was worried enough to text friends, "If you see any report that I killed myself, I most definitely did not.”
She thought she was the victim of an intimidation and harassment campaign. People who are in chronic pain can also be murdered. Rep. Eric Burlison has publicly stated there is significant evidence she was a victim of attacks using microwave energy.
Eskridge herself alleged she was being targeted by directed energy weapons before her death, sharing photos of strange burns all over her hands, somewhat reminsicent of a sunburn. Defense analyst Franc Milburn claimed she identified the device as an RF k-band emitter.
I wouldn’t have written this story except… I had a weird run in with a Russian last week. He spoke almost no English and came into my office looking for someone who has never worked there. We spoke through Google translate.
He stood uncomfortably close to me and gave me the impression he was trying to loom and make me uncomfortable. Something was wrong or off about him. And I had to explain too many times that his alleged acquaintance didn’t exist.
My boss, who witnessed this interaction, agreed with me that there was something wrong with the guy. Later, my phone started doing some weird stuff, like getting unusually hot and the battery running down faster… and, oh yeah, trying to trick me into accepting a video call and giving camera and mic permissions for what appeared to be a call from my wife, Viktoria…
who told me she didn’t try to call me.
There’s been an ongoing influence campaign from an unidentified state actor - maybe more than one - in the comments section of some of our articles for quite some time now.
Makes me think we published something someone didn’t appreciate very much. Maybe they didn't like the coverage of their astroturfing, or flooding Europe's borders (and our own borders) with Islamist immigrants, or the one about connections between Russian intelligence and the cartels.
I don’t know. And I’m not sure why I should care. What I do know is that, for better or for worse and as we told Big Tech, we will not be silenced. This is still America, I’m pretty sure.
And if you see any reports that I killed myself, I most definitely did not. Life is going well, I'm excited about the future, and even if those things weren't true, I'd continue to exist out of spite just to offend the sensibilities of those I hold in contempt.
Investigative journalists covering Russian military intelligence (GRU) have reported the same symptoms and cliche spy vs spy interference patterns described by Amy Eskridge, including “Havana Syndrome.”
Similar to the tactics used against journalists, defense-related targets have reported "low-level" physical harassment, and reports of transnational repression include documented surveillance of homes in the U.S. and Europe, where unidentified individuals monitor the movements of employees and their spouses.
High-profile targets have received threats that included their specific airline seat locations and hotel details, proving they were being physically followed during international travel.
When the FSB’s Department of Counter Intelligence Operations (DKRO) enters private property, it likes leave a psychological warfare “calling cards” and there’s little reason to believe that their foreign operating counterparts wouldn’t do the same.
In April 2026, the Russian Ministry of Defense took the unusual step of publicly listing the addresses of European defense companies and drone manufacturers on Telegram, explicitly labeling them and their staff as "potential targets" for escalation.
The 2010 FBI operation “Ghost Stories” led to the arrest of 10 sleeper agents in the United States. The 2023 indictment of Sergey Cherkasov demonstrates that the GRU and SVR (Russian foreign intelligence) still use deep-cover operatives who build mundane civilian lives over decades to feed intelligence to Moscow and offer it the ability to operate with plausible deniability.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) consistently identifies these methods in Annual Threat Assessments. Russia prefers high deniability tools including “illegal” agents and cyber proxies to exert influence while avoiding direct military or diplomatic attribution.
Intelligence on Russia’s “cyber-first” strategy comes from technical analysis of hacked infrastructure. For example, “Operation Masquerade” in April 2026 shows that the GRU weaponized American home routers to steal sensitive military data.
The Insider and Bellingcat have published detailed investigations using leaked Russian databases and travel records. Their reports show how professional intelligence officers direct operations from Russian territory using “disposable” recruits or online proxies, a shift from traditional human espionage that offers greater deniability.
In July 2024, the U.S. Justice Department disrupted an AI-powered Russian "bot farm" supporting fake social media profiles to spread disinformation.
The Insider and Der Spiegel obtained internal Russian intelligence documents detailing a 2022 project called “Kylo”, aimed at creating “panic and terror” about Ukraine, as well as to push disinformation and manipulate public opinion in America and Europe.
Intelligence chiefs in the UK and Germany have warned that Russian tactics have evolved beyond disinformation into "reckless campaigns of sabotage," including arson and physical surveillance across Europe to sow fear and challenge Western resolve.
And then there was the Black Hammer story.
