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U.S., Britain Work Against Russia, FSB Chief Said
Russia’s FSB has stopped 47 career spies and agents of foreign intelligence since 2007, FSB Director Nikolay Patrushev said in the interview to Argumenty i Fakty (Arguments & Facts) Newspaper.
According to Patrushev, over 270 active career officers and 70 agents of foreign intelligence, including 35 Russians, have been unmasked since 2003. Besides, FSB stopped six Russians attempting to hand over to foreign intelligence the data deemed the state secret. The investigation against three more residents of Russia is currently underway.
Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) is most active today, Patrushev said, emphasizing that they not only spy at large here but also attempt to influence domestic political situation in the country. Secret services of Turkey and Pakistan are also very aggressive.
“For the sake of “senior partners” and in line with the advantage-seeking interests of political leadership of their states, the said secret services conduct operations extending beyond their national interests,” Patrushev explained.
“To attain certain political purposes, the Britons have recently staked on the persons accused of committing the crimes and hiding from Russia’s justice abroad,” Patrushev said, reminding about Vyacheslav Zharko, who informed about his enlistment by SIS. Berezovsky and Litvinenko were involved, Zharko claimed.
www.kommersant.com
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