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‘A few hundred’ Russian spies operating in UK: Analyst | A Russian analyst, Alexander Nekrassov, has said that there could be ‘a few hundred’ Russian intelligence
operatives in the UK. “There are probably hardened spies, professionals and that
would be quite a small number, who would be looking for recruitment, that’s the
ultimate goal of any intelligence service,” Sky News quoted Nekrassov, as saying.
“The others would simply be supplying business information, information about
people. They would basically be befriending people for the sake of having connections.
So yes, it is quite conceivable that there is a wide network of people helping
Russian intelligence in Britain ,” he added. Meanwhile, Edward Lucas, an expert
and author on post cold war spying techniques, said the spies might be analyzing
issues such as the British foreign policy. “I think what really interests them
would be things like, what’s the foreign policy of this government going to be
under Clegg and Cameron?” Lucas asked. “Are we going to see the same quite tough
attitude towards Russia , support for the East European countries that we saw
under Tony Blair? Is it going to go back to being more realpolitik, less about
allies, more about trade? Those are the kind of questions they would like answers
to,” he added. It comes as British intelligence officials continue to probe Russian
‘under cover’ agent in US, Anna Chapman. The 28-year-old married Briton Alex Chapman
in 2002 and moved to South Kensington in West London in 2004, where she worked
for Barclays and a private jet company. She moved to the US in February. Alex
has said that he had no idea his former wife was a spy, but that her behaviour
had become strange and distant before they separated a few years ago. The intelligence
officials are also investigating a company, Southern Union , set up by Anna and
Alex in 2002. According to reports, authorities are looking at the accounts of
the company, suspecting that it may have been used to channel funds for spying
purposes. It is also believed that Anna had befriended a number of prominent British
businessmen and politicians during her time in the UK. |
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