Posted on 02/26/2015 10:10:52 AM PST by Olog-hai
Russia is busily enlarging its spying network in Europe along the former Soviet KGB model because of the Ukraine crisis, Germany’s domestic intelligence chief warns.
While Russian espionage has targeted European countries for many years, “distinct activities” of an old nature have been detected in information-gathering about Western responses to the conflict in Ukraine, media on Thursday quoted Hans-Georg Maaßen as saying.
Some tactics of the now defunct Soviet KGB were being revived, such as targeted disinformation and supporting extremist groups with a view to destabilizing a given state, said Maaßen, who heads the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
This was most evident in the eastern European countries bordering on Russia, the domestic intelligence head told the 18th European Police Congress in Berlin on Wednesday.
He also warned that estrangement of Russia from the West posed a threat to the stability of Germany and Europe when there was a pressing need for cooperation to counter common threats. …
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Putin’s an expert; going back to proven methodology.
“Some tactics of the now defunct Soviet KGB were being revived, such as targeted disinformation and supporting extremist groups with a view to destabilizing a given state”
Uhhh....
Isn’t this what the Soros Groups/Omidyar Networks have been doing for two decades now???
Gotta stay with what works............
I doubt they ever stopped.
Reactivate the Sandbaggers.
Why it can’t be Russia is the land of Christian virtue, we just have to treat them nicer and be their friends never opposing them in anything. This must be a mistake, must just be Russians on vacation in our not so friendly lands.
Was the German named Gehlen by any chance?
I recall a quote, but not the author:
“It turns out the problem was not that the Russians were communists, but that the communists were Russians”.
This article only concerns the radical Russians, it has nothing to do with the moderate Russians.
Fascism and communism are very related and close.
Soon to be called “violent extremists” with no reference to any other characteristic.
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