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Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling

Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker — Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:39 GMT

Exclusive: Documents obtained by consortium of journalists show role of Moscow university in training operatives in military intelligence

Last April, Vladimir Putin visited the campus of Bauman Moscow state technical university, set on the banks of the Yauza River in the east of the city and home to some of the country’s brightest scientific minds.

He toured the campus, met undergraduates and boasted about Moscow’s ambitious plans for space missions to the moon and Mars. “You have everything it takes to be competitive,” Putin told the students.

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Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling

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