Christopher Ray said the number of Russian spies working in the United States “is still very high.”
The number of Russian spies operating in the United States is “still very high” despite efforts to expel them from the country. This was said by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christopher Wray, in a speech at the Spy Museum in Washington, CNN reported on Friday, September 8.
“The footprint of Russian intelligence, and I mean intelligence officials, is still very large in the United States, and we are constantly facing it, trying to deter, prevent and obstruct in every way we can, ” he says.
At the same time, he drew attention to progress in reducing Russian spies in the United States.
“Over the past few years, the United States has made significant positive progress in reducing the number of Russian intelligence officials in the United States, effectively driving them out,” the official added.
The threat of Russian spies operating on US soil is nothing new: in 2018, the United States expelled 60 Russian diplomats identified as intelligence agents and also ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle in response to the likely Russia’s use of nerve agents to poison. a former Russian spy Sergei Skripach, who lives in Britain.
Not only “traditional” intelligence officers work for Russia: in 2020, a Mexican citizen was arrested in the United States, accusing him of helping Russian intelligence.
Let’s remember that in Switzerland, a third of Russian diplomats are suspected of espionage.
Source: korrespondent
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