The Russian spy network in the country has halved - Finland Security and Intelligence Service

The refusal to issue visas to certain categories of Russians, according to the Director of the Security Service and Intelligence of Finland (SUPO), Anti Peltari, made it possible to reduce the activity of the Kremlin spies in Finland. During the year, the spy network of Russia in Finland has decreased approximately twice. This was reported by the SUPO Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO), writes Associated Press on March 30.

Russian intelligence has undergone a significant reduction in the state. According to the head of the agency Anti Peltari, this was facilitated by the introduction of spies under diplomatic cover and refusal to issue a certain number of Russians who wanted to enter the country. "Last year, the Russian intelligence structure in Finland decreased about twice of its former size," he said.

The decrease in the number of intelligence officers and restrictions on the movement through the Russian-Finland border against the background of Moscow's war in Ukraine significantly worsened the conditions of work of Russian spies in Finland. Operations under diplomatic cover have traditionally been the main tool of Russian intelligence abroad. Moscow also tries to use cyberbership among other methods to compensate for a shortage of agent intelligence.

Anti Peltari added, Russia is still seeking to place intelligence officers under diplomatic cover. In this case, the Kremlin will have to find ways to compensate for the lack of human intelligence, for example, by increasing application of other forms of secret operations abroad. Focus on March 29 reported that the US will be tried in the United States.

The Russian, who came from Kaliningrad, was interested in how the White House responded to an increase in the number of Russian troops near the borders of Ukraine on the eve of the invasion. Thanks to Brazil's passport, he tried to settle in the International Criminal Court. This happened at a time when the instance gathered evidence of Russian crimes in Ukraine. It is known that on March 30 in Russia, the FSB detained the journalist The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich.