Russia has 'neutralised' hundreds of foreign intelligence agents
A top Russian security official said in an article published on Friday that Moscow had "neutralised" hundreds of foreign spies in recent years. "In recent years, hundreds of employees of foreign intelligence services, as well as other persons involved in organising intelligence and subversive activities against our country and our strategic partners, have been identified and neutralised". Patrushev, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is a former director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and is seen as a key advocate of hardline, hawkish policies within...