{"id":419982,"date":"2022-03-22T21:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-rep-ritchie-torres-demands-end-to-bronx-russian-espionage\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T21:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:37:56","slug":"nyc-rep-ritchie-torres-demands-end-to-bronx-russian-espionage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-rep-ritchie-torres-demands-end-to-bronx-russian-espionage\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC Rep. Ritchie Torres demands end to Bronx Russian &#8216;espionage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38748b136fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38748b136fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-rep-ritchie-torres-demands-end-to-bronx-russian-espionage\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_Rep_Ritchie_Torres_demands_end_to_Bronx_Russian_%E2%80%98espionage%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC Rep. Ritchie Torres demands end to Bronx Russian &#8216;espionage&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;NYC Rep. Ritchie Torres demands end to Bronx Russian &#8216;espionage'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres demanded the FBI look into the secretive Russian compound in Riverdale on Tuesday, saying his borough refuses to have \u201cespionage in our own backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres, a freshman Democrat, sent a letter first obtained by The Post to the FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security and Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland asking them to look into whether the covert compound houses spies working on behalf of the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the gates of the 20-story Soviet-era high-rise at 355 W. 255th St. in the Bronx, Torres said Tuesday that \u201cespionage must be exposed wherever it exists, and must be expelled wherever it is exposed. The homeland security of the United States depends on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven everything that is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening in the world, we in the Bronx can no longer afford to have the war crimes of Vladimir Putin aiding and abetting espionage in our own backyard,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian42RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Compound.\" class=\"wp-image-21616061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian42RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian42RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian42RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Russian diplomats live in the Bronx building, but rumors have been circulating for years that it also shelters Russian intelligence officers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian49RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Ritchie Torres.\" class=\"wp-image-21616056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian49RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian49RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian49RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Ritchie Torres believes that the claims about the building\u2019s tenants have never been investigated.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While it\u2019s certain Russian diplomats live in the Bronx building, rumors have been circulating for years that it also shelters Russian intelligence officers.<\/p>\n<p>Torres doesn\u2019t think the white building that hides in plain sight has ever been investigated: \u201cTo my knowledge and to my astonishment, the complex has been here since the 1970s and I\u2019m aware of no request that has been made to actually investigate these reports of espionage. These reports have been percolating for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The compound, which sticks out in the leafy, largely residential Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, came under renewed scrutiny in the aftermath of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Residents gathered outside the compound earlier this month to protest the invasion and demand an end to the war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ritchie-Torres-97.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Avi Weiss.\" class=\"wp-image-21616184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ritchie-Torres-97.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ritchie-Torres-97.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Ritchie-Torres-97.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rabbi Avi Weiss said he has protested outside the compound \u201chundreds of times.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian45RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rabbi Avi Weiss.\" class=\"wp-image-21616080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian45RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian45RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian45RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI simply have no trust for diplomats who live\u00a0inside here who are representing Vladimir Putin,\u201d Rabbi Avi Weiss (right) stated.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Avi Weiss, a prominent rabbi who led a large congregation in Riverdale until he retired,  came to the presser to show his support for Torres\u2019 demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you work for the Hitlers of the world, then you are guilty. And here we are standing in front of this place, in which reside Russian diplomats. If our President Joe Biden has called Vladimir Putin a war criminal, it means from my perspective, that anyone in this building, a diplomat, who works for a war criminal, is complicit, is equally guilty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve lived in this community for 50 years. I\u2019ve protested in front of this building hundreds of times,\u201d the rabbi added, saying he has even been arrested in front of the building.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian7RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Sign supporting Ukraine at home in view of compound.\" class=\"wp-image-21616086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian7RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1364 1364w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian7RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian7RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian7RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/032222russian7RM_JPEG.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>A home near 355 W. 255th St. shows support for Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI simply have no trust for diplomats who live\u00a0inside here who are representing Vladimir Putin.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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