Russian special services are trying to recruit intelligence agents in Canada - GUR
Kyiv • UNN
The Russian FSB is trying to recruit intelligence agents from other countries, including immigrants from Russia and the former Soviet republics, to work for Moscow in Canada by distributing leaflets through Russian-language media.
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is looking for intelligence agents from other countries in Canada to offer them to work for Moscow. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, UNN reports.
Details
The Russian FSB in Canada is trying to find foreigners who maintain contact with intelligence agencies around the world and recruit them to serve Moscow
The agency added that Russia's search for double agents is taking place among immigrants from Russia and other countries that were part of or influenced by the Soviet Union.
The Ukrainian intelligence service also warned that the Kremlin's intelligence service promotes its calls, in particular, through Russian-language media in Canada.
For example, in March 2024, the FSB distributed the relevant appeal in the form of a leaflet supplement to the printed edition of "Our Canada" - a newspaper distributed free of charge in stores of "European goods", Russian restaurants, subways, some schools, hospitals and residential complexes in Toronto=
The intelligence service noted that this publication positions itself as pro-democratic and anti-Putin, but it can only be a cover and a way to divert the attention of local security structures.
Recall
The head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, said that the Ukrainian intelligence service has surpassed the Russian intelligence services in all key areas.