Deputy of Russian GRU dies in Syria, washes up in Turkey

[Jan Klimkowski]

Major-General Yuri Ivanov, 52, was the deputy head of Russia's foreign military intelligence arm known as GRU which is thought to operate the biggest network of foreign spies out of all of Russia's clandestine intelligence services.

Ivanov was no disposable mechanic. He was a spymaster.

Assuming his death was sinister, and the geography makes absolutely zero sense unless it was sinister, surely Russia would be expected to make some noise and/or retaliate to this hostile act.

Russia didn't.

So, perhaps Ivanov was buying and selling things that polite society doesn't talk about - such as CBW precursors or CBW scientists to Syria.

How would Mossad react? I would imagine Mossad would seek to terminate those involved with extreme prejudice.

So, radio silence ensues.

However neither Putin nor the GRU would forgive or forget such as act.