Following her statement of Russia's alleged interference in the Catalonia crisis, Spanish Minister of Defense received a phone call, in which "Latvia's Defense Minister" revealed to her the "true identity" of the former Catalan leader.
Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus trolled Maria Dolores de Cospedal, Spanish Defense Minister, who along with her colleagues claimed that Russia might have influenced the independence referendum in Catalonia via a "disinformation" campaign.
They called the Spanish official on behalf of Latvia's Minister of Defense and told her that many Russian tourists traveling to Barcelona are in fact working for Russian intelligence, while the former head of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont is a Russian spy known under the pseudonym Cipollino.
"We took notice of Spain's Minister of Defense, Maria Dolores de Cospedal, after her claims that the ‘hand of Moscow' was apparent in the referendum in Catalonia; she, in particular referred to suspicious Internet traffic from Russia. We contacted her, Alexey (Alexey Stolyarov, Lexus — one of the pranksters — ed.) introduced himself as the Latvian Defense Minister and promised to hand over secret documents, indicating that the former head of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, is an agent of Russian intelligence named Cipollino," prankster Vladimir Kuznetsov (Vovan) told Sputnik.
For her part, de Cospedal said that she did not doubt it at all, but noted that there was still no evidence of Moscow's interference in the Catalan referendum. The prankers then promised to share with her the relevant data allegedly intercepted by Latvian intelligence.
A video of the prankers' conversation with the minister was released on YouTube.
Cipollino, or Little Onion, is a fictional character from Gianni Rodari's worrk, a children's tale about political oppression.
They called the Spanish official on behalf of Latvia's Minister of Defense and told her that many Russian tourists traveling to Barcelona are in fact working for Russian intelligence, while the former head of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont is a Russian spy known under the pseudonym Cipollino.
"We took notice of Spain's Minister of Defense, Maria Dolores de Cospedal, after her claims that the ‘hand of Moscow' was apparent in the referendum in Catalonia; she, in particular referred to suspicious Internet traffic from Russia. We contacted her, Alexey (Alexey Stolyarov, Lexus — one of the pranksters — ed.) introduced himself as the Latvian Defense Minister and promised to hand over secret documents, indicating that the former head of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, is an agent of Russian intelligence named Cipollino," prankster Vladimir Kuznetsov (Vovan) told Sputnik.
For her part, de Cospedal said that she did not doubt it at all, but noted that there was still no evidence of Moscow's interference in the Catalan referendum. The prankers then promised to share with her the relevant data allegedly intercepted by Latvian intelligence.
A video of the prankers' conversation with the minister was released on YouTube.
Cipollino, or Little Onion, is a fictional character from Gianni Rodari's worrk, a children's tale about political oppression.
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