The CIA decided to acquire a new Russian agent at a very sensitive moment – two important events are planned for the next month, June 2013. The first event is the first one-on-one meeting of the newly elected Russian president Putin with his American colleague Barack Obama, which is due to take place in the framework of the G20 summit there. (Before they met only during the period of Putin’s premiership). The second event is a peace conference on Syria, which Putin and the US secretary of state, John Kerry, agreed to hold during Kerry’s recent visit to Moscow.
Here is what Pavel Danilin has to say on this:
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“Of course, there is nothing surprising about the fact that the United States is involved in some espionage activities. On the other hand, why did this scandal break out today, when the terrorist acts in Boston are still frsh in people’s memory, when the US officials are trying to mend ties with Russia, when Obama and Putin exchange personal letters, when visits of various levels are being prepared? It was certainly not the best of ideas on the part of the CIA to get more active with its operations in Russia at precisely this moment. The fact that the Russian special services foiled this operation – this fact only indicates that this particular spy went too far. It is a noteworthy fact that this happened on the eve of groundbreaking summits between the two countries. So, this is just a provocation on the side of the CIA. Which other aims could it pursue when sending its agents with a commission to bribe the officers of Russian security services into betraying their own country?”
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