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Andrei Soldierov and Irina Borogan | Foreign Affairs
The Rebirth of Russian Spycraft — How the Ukraine War Has Changed the Game for the Kremlin’s Operatives—and Their Western Rivals (last accessed on December 27.12.2023, 18.12, XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.)
“Now, with the onset of a new grand conflict with the West, Russia’s intelligence agencies are seeking to reverse the setbacks that unfolded at the end of the Cold War.
… they could portray the Soviet Union as an alternative to Western imperialism, emphasizing the West’s double standards and hypocrisy and offering in contrast a leader who stood up against global powers. These ideas are exactly what Russian agencies can now pedal to potential allies and recruits in Russia’s new intelligence war with the West.”
A careful hint and polite description of how bad things are already with our democracies.
We can - indeed we must - assume that many of our own parties and institutions have already been infiltrated, and that the old fifth column and state security networks are still active here in Germany. The most recent statements by a Prime Minister certainly indicate this.
