The Russian Federation has recruited the Ireland Parliamentary for destabilization in the region - Politico

The Russians recruited a left -hand opposition party in 2019. Local police tried to convince the suspect to stop contact with Russian agents, but he continued his cooperation. Russian intelligence was able to recruit an Irish deputy to perform destabilization tasks in the region, in particular in order to promote Antinatat narratives and to keep in touch with extremists from Northern Ireland. About it reports Politico.

Two media sources from the Government and Justice Bodies have confirmed the previously published information on The Sunday Times to recruit the local parliament member. At the same time, when journalists asked Ireland Prime Minister Simon Harris about the activities of Russian intelligence in the legislative body, he replied that it was "no wonder. " "It should not be a surprise for one of us . . . The Russian Federation seeks to distort public opinion and actively leads to it all over the world.

Ireland is not insured against it," the Irish Prime Minister replied, adding that Russia has intensified such activities on the island after starting full -scale invasion of Ukraine. According to journalists, the Russian Federation recruited the Irish MP in 2019 in order to increase the tension between Ireland and the United Kingdom against Brexit, as well as to establish contacts with illegal militant formations of Northern Ireland.

It is known that a recruited member of Parliament is a representative of the left opposition party, not the three -party government of Harris, which supports Ukraine. The media points out that the deputy himself was not arrested, and he was not charged with contact with Russian intelligence, which operates under the cover of the Embassy of the Russian Federation.

According to Irish law, he did not commit a crime, and therefore his public name is not declared public due to the existence of a local law on defamation. The media adds that the police asked the suspect to stop all the contacts with the Russians, but he continued his cooperation with them. At the same time, law enforcement officers failed to record the fact of receiving money or the transfer of confidential documents by the parliamentarian.

At the same time, the activities of Russian agents in Ireland have caused mockery from local politicians. One of the officials in a conversation with the media said if the Russian Federation resorts to recruits for contact with NFF in Northern Ireland, then it shows that the Russians have no idea "about a local political landscape, and the agent they recruited" have as many contacts in militarized Formation of loyalists [NFF in Northern Ireland - Ed.