Russia pays $500K bounty for fake death, tricked into funding Ukraine

New York Post
By News.com.auJan 2, 2026, 9:53 am99 pts
Russian intelligence services had long hunted Kapustin, placing a $500,000 price on his head. After news broke of his supposed assassination, Moscow paid out the bounty, not realising the money was going straight to Ukraine.

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