Jewelry designer unmasked as Russian spy luring NATO chiefs into honeytraps

Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera, who's actual title is Olga Kolobova, was a Russian spy posed as a jewellery designer frolicking with NATO officers.

A gorgeous jewellery designer who criss-crossed Europe for 10 years was truly a Russian spy who infiltrated NATO by charming and seducing commanders.

She was often known as Maria Adela Kuhfeldt Rivera however her actual title was Olga Kolobova, and she or he was a spy engaged on behalf of Russia’s GRU overseas intelligence service, in response to the investigative web site Bellingcat, which used photo-matching software program to out her.

Rivera took up residence in Rome, Malta and Paris earlier than making Naples, Italy, her dwelling base. She owned a jewellery boutique and talked her manner into the town’s worldwide occasion scene, together with soirees and balls attended by NATO officers, the outlet reported.

Olga Kolobova typically painted herself as a lonely lady coming from an abusive household, in response to her associates.

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Olga Kolobova was an agent working for Russia’s GRU overseas intelligence service.

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Olga Kolobova typically flirted with NATO officers from a command base in Bagnoli, Italy.

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She spoke fluent English and Italian and one unidentified officer advised Bellingcat the 2 had a short romance. A US Navy officer mentioned he had a “little crush” on her.

She advised European associates that she had been deserted in Russia by her Peruvian mom and raised by an abusive household.

In 2012, Maria Adela, who was truly the daughter of a colonel within the Russian navy, married a purportedly Italian man.

However he was in actuality Ecuadoran and Russian, and he died mysteriously on the age of 30 as a consequence of “double pneumonia and systemic lupus”.

After his dying, she settled down in Naples and commenced befriending NATO diplomats.

Marcelle D’Argy Smith, the previous editor of Cosmopolitan journal, was one in all her unwitting associates.

“She was like a goddaughter or a niece. It was upsetting to search out out,” Smith mentioned. “She was very stunning, very understated. She had a lot of male associates, however they by no means appeared worthy. She was so engaging and the boys appeared unusual and I by no means understood it.”

Marcelle D’Argy Smith claimed Olga Kolobova was too engaging so far so many unusual males.

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One NATO officer admitted to courting alleged Russian spy Olga Kolobova.

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Olga Kolobova owned a jewellery boutique in Naples, Italy.

Colonel Sheila Bryant, then inspector common of the US Naval Forces in Europe and Africa, was suspicious of Maria Adela’s story, Bellingcat mentioned.

She advised colleagues to “restrict entry” to extremely confidential navy data round her.

Immediately, in 2018, Maria Adela left for Moscow — and her associates in Europe haven’t seen her since. Bellingcat theorized she had her cowl blown indirectly by outdoors intelligence companies.