A 64-year old named Howard. Yep. Howard has spent too much time online for his age, found a group of internet friends, shared conspiracy theories back and forth, and one day was convinced Russia’s the good guy.

I wonder how many times he’s paid his taxes in gift cards…

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A man has been charged with assisting Russian intelligence after being arrested by UK counter-terror police.

Howard Michael Phillips, 64, from Harlow in Essex, was arrested in central London and is due at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon.

Mr Phillips was arrested under new National Security Act powers, which mean people can be detained without a warrant if police “reasonably” suspect they are involved “in foreign power threat activity”.

The charge covers actions which “materially assist a foreign intelligence service in carrying out UK-related activities”.

In an unrelated case, two British men were charged with helping Russian intelligence services in April after a suspected arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business in London.

The Met confirmed this latest arrest was “not connected to any other recent charges or investigations linked to [National Security Act] offences”.

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