FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks

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How did the left and right cover FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks?

Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 83% are rated left, 17% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks left or right?

Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.

Is the coverage of FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks biased?

FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered FSB Officer Linked to Budanov Plot Attends Abu Dhabi Talks?

13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Who is Dmitry Minaev and why is his presence at the talks significant?

Dmitry Minaev is the head of the FSB's counterintelligence operations department. His presence at the talks in Abu Dhabi is significant because his department has been linked by Ukrainian officials and The Wall Street Journal to an assassination attempt on Kyrylo Budanov in 2019.

What other allegations have been made against Minaev's department?

The Wall Street Journal has linked Dmitry Minaev's department to a campaign of detaining US citizens in an effort to secure the release of Russian killer Vadim Krasikov. Ukrainian officials have also linked the department to car bombings in 2017.

Are there any new participants in the Russian delegation?

Yes, four members of the Russian delegation, including Dmitry Minaev, are participating in these talks for the first time. This was noted by several reports, including those citing the independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo.