According to the Russian president,
"they use new methods of collecting and spreading information".
MOSCOW, June 28. /TASS/. Foreign secret services have been stepping up
their activities against Russia and its allies, Russian President Vladimir
Putin said while visiting the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service
(SVR).
"Generally, the growing activities of foreign secret services against Russia and our allies are obvious," Putin said congratulating SVR officers on the 95th anniversary of the Russian clandestine intelligence service.
"Generally, the growing activities of foreign secret services against Russia and our allies are obvious," Putin said congratulating SVR officers on the 95th anniversary of the Russian clandestine intelligence service.
According
to Putin, "they use new methods of collecting and spreading information,
carry out cyber attacks, try to recruit agents to gain access to the
information concerning Russia’s defense capabilities, economic potential and
resources," the president added.
A number
of foreign spy services provide immediate support to extremist and terrorist
groupings in order to destabilize the regions adjoining the Russian border,
according to Putin.
"You
know perfectly the kind of challenges Russia has to grapple with," he said
at the meeting.
"You also know they (foreign spy services) use terrorist and extremist groupings as instruments," Putin said. "Some of the grouping get direct assistance from the intelligences agencies of a number of countries."
Putin also
said intelligence services from abroad were seeking to affect social processes
in Russia.
"They're
conducting operations to wield impact on the internal political and social
processes in this country," has said at a meeting at the headquarters of
Russia's External Intelligence Service where he had come to congratulate the
officers on the 95th anniversary since the foundation of illegal intelligence.
Russia to boost intelligence service’s
capacity
The good
results achieved by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service provide an important
guarantee of the country’s sovereignty, Putin said.
"We
will continue to boost the capacity of the intelligence service, provide it
with new technical means, encourage experienced professionals and train new
personnel," Putin said congratulating SVR officers on the 95th anniversary
of the Russian clandestine intelligence service.
According
to Putin, the good results achieved by the national secret services, and the
SVR in particular, provide an important guarantee of "Russia’s sovereign
development, security and stability."
Source:
ITAR-TASS 29-06-2017
