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Geneva (AP) —Swiss intelligence has said that authorities can do everything possible to prevent Russian espionage exiled from Western countries after President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine appeared in countries like Switzerland. It says that it should be done.
In its annual report released Monday, the Federal Intelligence Agency said in an annual report between autonomy and democracy, including violent Islamic extremists, cyberattacks, and heightened conflict between the United States and China. We investigated a range of threats, including an increasingly polarized world.
But it warned most about the threat posed by the new ordinary wars in Europe, immigrants and Russia — and said espionage was high and rising. rice field.
If Western nations succeed in preventing Russian intelligence officers from being replaced by new ones placed under the cover of diplomacy, the ability of Russian espionage in those places is "It will be weakened with a lasting effect," he said. As a result, Moscow may be encouraged to deploy such operatives in other countries.
"These may include Switzerland, so we need to make the most of the measures available to prevent the intrusion of such intelligence personnel," the rating said. increase.
The Spy Service has pointed out Geneva, which hosts many international and UN agencies in particular, as a "spy hotspot."
The report, which called Russia's war against Ukraine a "serious breach of international law" that smashed Europe's security decades ago, describes the process of the war. "It's not encouraging," he said. For the Putin administration "-partly because it solidified that idea in the minds of the Ukrainian generation that Russia was their enemy.
Viola Amherd, who heads the Swiss Ministry of Defense, which oversees intelligence, said that Switzerland, which has traditionally promoted neutral nations, has made a "clear commitment to the Western values community" in response to the war. Said showed.
"We are witnessing a turning point that has shaken the foundations of the European security framework and changed it forever," she wrote in the preface of the report.
