Arias Gil Enrique (Enrique Arias Gil)

Arias Gil Enrique (Enrique Arias Gil)

Biography

2026: Obtaining political asylum in Russia

In early February 2026, it became known that Spanish IT specialist and teacher Enrique Arias Gil received political asylum in. RUSSIAN FEDERATION At home, he is accused of "espionage and cyber attacks in favor of Russia."

According to TASS reports, Gil arrived Russia in August 2024 to study under a grant from the cultural foundation "Russian House" (Casa rusa) in. Madrid The man is included in the list of persons most wanted by Europol for participating in a hacker group NoName057. It is alleged that he collected information about critical infrastructure Spain and security forces to assist NoName057 cyber attacks, and also allegedly ran a Telegram channel under the pseudonym "Russian disinformation" (El Desinformador ruso). Gil himself denies the allegations against him, saying he was harassed by Spanish police and journalists.

I was blackmailed, tried to engage in extortion, threatened, followed me, but so far only through the media, using not my real first and last name, but the name that I use on my channel. In the end, I was accused of espionage, sabotage and much more. In February 2025, I had to seek political asylum in the Russian Federation. For the current day, I am in the status of a political refugee, - says the man.

Gil expects to become a citizen of the Russian Federation. He states that he would not return to his homeland even if the persecution stopped. Spain's National Court has issued a warrant for his arrest abroad, he said.

Even if in another hypothetical scenario "tomorrow" all this would not exist, I would still not return to a country that was once great and beautiful, but today it is controlled by traitors and cowards, RIA Novosti quoted Gil as saying.[1]

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