“So it turns out that the image of the ‘Evil Empire’ is collapsing before our eyes?” Zakharova wrote. She also recalled that CIA leaders and the US media had previously linked the hallucinations and nausea, which some US diplomats complained about, to Russian activities.
According to a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, then a version appeared about crickets that, with their sounds, undermine the health of employees of American diplomatic missions. However, subsequent unfounded accusations from “anonymous experts in the field of national security” again rained down on the Russian special services.
“And here it is, again, not Russia,” Zakharova noted.
“Havana Syndrome” is the code name for a set of symptoms that several US embassy employees complained about. Among them: headaches, chronic fatigue, decreased performance, nausea and hearing problems. It was first discovered by US diplomats in the Cuban capital.