On September 3 this year the New York Times published a report on the alleged links between the Independence bid and Russia. It cited as sources, among others, reports from the Guardia Civil and also "European intelligence" reports. Well, according to the European Intelligence Agency in a parliamentary response to JxCat, this agency is not behind the report cited by the American newspaper. "The European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) is not the author of the intelligence report mentioned in the article in the New York Times article," it says, adding that it is unaware of the authorship of the report in question.

Faced with the long report by The New York Times on alleged links between Russia and Jose Maria Alay, former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont's head of cabinet, and his lawyer Gonzalo Boye, the Kremlin has denied this Tuesday all alleged contacts with those close to Puigdemont. And not only with the former president, but the Russian government has denied any links to the independence movement. "It is nothing more than a lie," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in statements to the media reported by Sputnik news agency.

The New York Times published on Friday an extensive report on alleged links between the head of the office of former president Carles Puigdemont, Josep Maria Alay, and the former president's lawyer, Gonzalo Boye, and Russia. It explains a series of trips to Russia in 2019 and 2020 and a series of meetings with people linked to the Kremlin and the Russian secret services. This information, which also echoes El Periódico, is the result of a long investigation and draws on "European intelligence" reports and investigations by the Guardia Civil in the case that is in the court of instruction number 1 of Barcelona, led by Joaquín Aguirre, for which 21 people were arrested in October last year, including Alay.