Pablo Miller

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Pablo Miller OBE (born 1960)[1][2] is a former British diplomat and soldier who was first secretary of the British embassy in Estonia from 1997.[1] In 2002 he was given the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class by the President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel.[2] He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 2015 for service to British foreign policy.[1][3][4]

Russian intelligence claims that Miller was a senior officer in British intelligence who worked undercover as a first secretary of the British embassy in Tallinn, Estonia. While working at the British embassy, Miller recruited Sergei Skripal to work for the British as a double-agent.[1][5][6]

Miller was a member of the Royal Tank Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets in the British army.[1] He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1990.[1] He worked in Nigeria before moving to Estonia.[1]

Miller worked for Christopher Steele's London-based private intelligence firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, which produced the Steele dossier.[7][8]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rawnsley, Adam (16 March 2018). "Pablo Miller: The Mystery Man Who 'Recruited' Putin's Poisoned Spy". Retrieved 2019-10-22 – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  2. ^ a b "Estonian State Decorations". Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  3. ^ "Pablo Miller". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  4. ^ Association, Press (12 June 2015). "Queen's birthday honours list 2015: Diplomatic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-22 – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ Traynor, Ian (March 25, 2000). "British diplomat accused in spy row" – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ^ CNN, Nathan Hodge, Sebastian Shukla, Carol Jordan and Mary Ilyushina. "Hospitalized Russian spy linked to Russia-UK spy wars". CNN. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  7. ^ Mendick, Robert; Dixon, Hayley; Sawer, Patrick; Heighton, Luke (7 March 2018). "Poisoned Russian spy Sergei Skripal was close to consultant who was linked to the Trump dossier". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  8. ^ Richardson, William J (9 May 2018). "The UK government issued a media censorship order over Skripal poisoning links to Trump-Russia dossier". Evolve Politics. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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