Russian media responded that US officials said "too many Russian spies pose a threat"
According to the Congressional Hill newspaper, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Ray, recently publicly stated that despite efforts by the US to carry out clearance work, the number of Russian spies in the US is still too high and poses a threat. This statement immediately sparked dissatisfaction and refutation from Russian media.
According to reports, FBI Director Christopher Ray has claimed that the threat posed by Russian intelligence work to the United States continues to exist, and there are still too many Russian intelligence personnel in the United States. The FBI is trying to avoid and eliminate this threat in various ways. Christopher Ray stated that although the United States has made "very positive and significant progress" on this issue in recent years, the US still notes that the number of Russian spies in the US is "disproportionately large.".
The statement by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States has caught the attention of Russian media. While reporting on Christopher Ray's remarks, TASS News Agency mentioned that in June this year, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zabolotskaya revealed that US intelligence agencies had attempted to counter Russian diplomats working at the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Zabolotskaya stated that the United States continues to take a series of targeted measures and restrictions on the Russian Permanent Mission and staff to reduce the efficiency of its interaction with the United Nations, and more importantly, to exert psychological pressure on Russian diplomats.
The website of the Russian newspaper "Izvestia" referred to the remarks made by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, Burns, in July, saying that the Russia-Ukraine conflict provided a rare opportunity for the CIA to recruit spies. The Russian media said that such comments by American officials showed the undisguised and growing hostility of the United States and other western countries to Russia. Russian media pointed out that the United States has been conducting intelligence gathering and spy recruitment work against Russia, and the related practices have reached a level of recklessness.
