The Kremlin’s clandestine operations in Europe are financed by companies and oligarchs close to the Russian government, but not directly – in order to avoid tracing the funds. As a rule, controlled structures are behind this, through which you can cash out (withdraw) money.
About this in the program “National Security Council” on the YouTube channel ISLND TV told the major general, ex-deputy head of the SBU Victor Yagun… In addition, he noted, intelligence officers can sometimes use the cover of these firms, calling them employees. (scroll to the end to watch the video).
“You can never directly make some kind of financial injections into this or that structure. Why? Because everything is monitored, everything passes through certain banking structures, and now it is quite clearly visible … It is clear that all this should be hidden, having certain structures controlled by themselves, “- said the ex-deputy head of the SBU.
He believes that it is possible not to separate the State Security Committee under the USSR and the Russian special services now, because they use a similar method of work.
“If earlier the Soviet Union faced the question of destabilization in certain countries, bribery of politicians who would carry out or at least support and do not interfere with the policy of the Soviet Union, and obtaining technological advantages … All this has now remained with Russia,” he said. expert.
“Why? Because both sanctions and attempts to buy cheaply what has already been invested dearly. It all remained the same methods. And having structures that, as a rule, stand behind some oligarchs or controlled by some oligarchs, through those structures can be done “cashed” funds, “he continued.
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As for the cover for the secret services, the diplomatic “still provides for certain consequences” and is usually monitored by the secret services of other countries. Businessmen are attracting less attention and may “feel more relaxed” in a particular country, even with or without diplomatic immunity, a former SBU official said.
“Under these [подконтрольные] firms can be introduced under the guise of employees of these firms, real intelligence agents can be brought in, or saboteurs who are now known to everyone can be understood – those explosions both in the Czech Republic and in Bulgaria, “Yagun said.
“All this in a complex allows you to communicate with some businessmen, politicians and solve certain tasks that may not even be included in the sphere of certain oligarchs. But they are of interest primarily to the Russian special services,” he added.
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