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On March{{nbsp}}31, 2024, ''[[The Insider (website)|The Insider]]'', in collaboration with ''[[60 Minutes]]'' and ''[[Der Spiegel]],'' published an investigative report claiming that the syndrome was possibly caused by actions of [[GRU (Russian Federation)|Russian military intelligence]].<ref name="Faulconbridge">{{Cite web |last=Faulconbridge |first=Guy |date=2024-04-01 |title=Kremlin dismisses report Russia behind 'Havana Syndrome'|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-dismisses-report-russia-behind-havana-syndrome-2024-04-01/ |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=[[Reuters]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="www.bbc.com">{{Cite news |title=Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68706317 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.bbc.com|date=April 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Luscombe |first=Richard |date=2024-04-01 |title='Havana syndrome' linked to Russian unit, media investigation suggests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/havana-syndrome-linked-to-russian-unit-media-investigation-suggests |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The report states that members of the [[GRU Unit 29155]], known for undertaking foreign operations,<ref name="www.bbc.com"/> received awards and promotions for work related to the development and deployment of "[[Directed-energy weapon|non-lethal acoustic weapons]]", and that telephone and travel data pinpointing the locations of these agents correlated with the timings and locations of Havana syndrome incidents worldwide.<ref name="Dobrokhotov"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pelley |first=Scott |date=2024-03-31 |title=Havana Syndrome mystery continues as a lead military investigator says bar for proof was set impossibly high - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-culprit-investigation-new-evidence-60-minutes-transcript/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Cornelius |last1=Dieckmann |first2=Roman |last2=Dobrokhotov |first3=Christo |last3=Grozev |first4=Steffen |last4=Lüdke |first5=Alina |last5=Schadwinkel |first6=Fidelius |last6=Schmid |date=31 March 2024 |title=Did Russian agents use microwave weapons against US diplomats |url=https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/havanna-syndrom-setzten-russische-agenten-mikrowellenwaffen-gegen-us-diplomaten-ein-a-1d5d1c2e-ed83-44c8-a446-45bb50f712d5 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=[[Der Spiegel]] |language=de}}</ref>
The [[Kremlin Press Secretary]] dismissed the report as "nothing more than baseless, unfounded accusations by the media."<ref name="Faulconbridge"/> In response to the report, the [[White House Press Secretary]] said that a "foreign adversary is very unlikely."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flaherty |first=Anne |date=2024-04-01 |title=Senior DOD official experienced 'Havana syndrome' symptoms at NATO summit in July, Pentagon says |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senior-dod-official-experienced-havana-syndrome-symptoms-nato/story?id=108714952 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> US vice presidential candidate [[JD Vance]] rubbished the report, claimed that the journalists had lost their minds and compared it to [[Putler]] ([[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]), [[Drumpf]] ([[Donald Trump|Trump]]) and [[Aliens]] using invisible lasers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-01 |title=Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68706317 |access-date=2024-10-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://x.com/JDVance/status/1774786770938261938?t=gWLlJ-2JBGnndGWrxD1e2g&s=19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-01 |title=J.D. Vance Mocks Report Tying Russia to Havana Syndrome in Bizarre Rant: ‘Putler Working with Drumpf… Attacking with Invisible Lasers’ |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/j-d-vance-mocks-report-tying-russia-to-havana-syndrome-in-bizarre-rant-putler-working-with-drumpf-attacking-with-invisible-lasers/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Mediaite |language=en}}</ref>
Following the report, in a letter addressed to the [[President of the United States|President]] several U.S. Senators called for further investigations into the causes of the anomalous health incidents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chasan |first=Aliza |date=2024-04-17 |title=Senators call for renewed Havana Syndrome assessment after 60 Minutes report - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senators-urge-renewed-havana-syndrome-assessment-60-minutes/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Anomalous health incidents' victims lawyer [[Mark Zaid]] and one of the report's authors, [[Christo Grozev]], later testified on the subject of the report at the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Luscombe |first=Richard |date=2024-05-08 |title=Congress hears testimony on Russia's sonic attacks on US officials in Havana |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/havana-syndrome-congress-russia |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=Silent Weapons: Examining Foreign Anomalous Health Incidents Targeting Americans In The Homeland |url=https://homeland.house.gov/hearing/silent-weapons-examining-foreign-anomalous-health-incidents-targeting-americans-in-the-homeland/ |website=[[United States House Committee on Homeland Security]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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