Back in 2016, U.S. officials and diplomats in Havana,
Cuba began to report strange symptoms,
all simultaneously. It was considered an anomalous health incident with
those symptoms including pain,
ringing in the ears and cognitive dysfunction.
Now a new report by Latvian based investigative group The
Insider in collaboration with 60 Minutes ender Spiegel has accused
Russia of being behind the psychogenic attacks.
In particular, they point to the Russian military intelligence group
known as 29155,
who are at the scene of these reported health incidents.
What's more, members of that group were awarded promotions and
awards for work related to the development of,
quote, non lethal acoustic weapons.
Now Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov has responded.
Reporters after the report was released quote this is not
a new topic at all.
For many years the topic of the so-called Havana Syndrome
has been exaggerated in the press and from the very
beginning it was linked to accusations against the Russian side.
He added that there was no convincing evidence to point
a finger at Russia and that the report is baseless.
However, the Havana attacks weren't the only ones and the
investigation was able to place members of the 29155 military
intelligence unit at the sites of other similar incidents in
other cities around the world.
As well.