A Russian double agent could use a Mercader type hit requested on him. The agent in question is involved with a high profile case. The spy ring that involved Chapman was supposedly brought down by a defector and double agent from the Russian intelligence service. The reference to Mercader is from the murder of Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin ordered a hit on Trotsky, which was carried out by Mercader.
Rumor of Ramon Mercader style hit ordered
Anna Chapman, along with nine others, were arrested on charges of committing espionage on behalf of the Russian government after U.S. officials were tipped off. The spy ring was exposed by a high ranking defector. A recently published article in the Russian periodical Kommersant included some statements from a high ranking member of the SVR, the Russian intelligence service, according to The Guardian. The official claims that “a Mercader” had been dispatched to take care of the defector. After Leon Trotsky was exiled from the Soviet Union, Ramon Mercader, a Spanish agent to the Soviet Union was sent to murder him in Mexico which is what "Mercader" refers to. Mercader was decorated with the Hero of the Soviet Union award.
High ranking defector
The source of the leak that brought down the Russian spy ring that included Anna Chapman is said to be a high ranking official in the Russian intelligence services. His name is given as Colonel Scherbakov, according to The Telegraph. Dimitri Medvedev, the president of Russia, recently told reporters that it was old news to him. The supposed Scherbakov would bring illegal immigrants from Russia to the United States and plant them in various places under assumed identities. 10 spies were exchanged in Russia in July. Four agents were part of the exchange.
Seeing more of the Cold War
It has been suggested by some that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a former KGB operative, is trying to resurrect the Cold War. The U.S. being overrun with Russian agents makes this more possible. It seems more like something that might happen.
Citations
The Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8129368/Dmitry-Medvedev-confirms-traitor-told-US-about-Russian-spy-ring.html
The Guardian
guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/11/kremlin-assassin-anna-chapman-traitor
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