Russian counterintelligence uncovers foreign agents
Foreign intelligence services have not given up attempts to penetrate into all spheres of activity of the Russian Federation
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FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov spoke about this in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, answering a question about whether foreign intelligence agencies have begun to spy less on Russian territory.
“I wouldn't say that. Foreign intelligence services continue to strive to penetrate all spheres of activity of our state. Naturally, this meets with decisive resistance from counterintelligence officers. Thus, from 2012 to the present, 137 career employees of foreign intelligence services and their agents have been convicted. In cooperation with other Russian authorities, the work of 120 foreign and international non-governmental organizations, which are instruments of the foreign intelligence community, has been stopped. As a result of measures to protect information constituting state secrets, 140 people were convicted,” Bortnikov said.
Russian counterintelligence exposes foreign agents