> or they received high level intelligence from a nation state actor Much more likely they have a mole in the Russian government, FWIW. Autocrats are, in gene

> or they received high level intelligence from a nation state actor Much more likely they have a mole in the Russian government, FWIW. Autocrats are, in general, broadly hated by their own bureaucracies. That's why they do purges and murder opponents to begin with. But yes, clearly there was some level of intelligence work needed to make this happen, you can't just look up "state poisoner" in an index of professionals.