Alwaght- Russian President Vladimir Putin says foreign spy agencies have been stepping up their activities, including using terrorists against the country and its allies.
Speaking in Moscow on Wednesday while visiting the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Putin said, "Generally, the growing activities of foreign secret services against Russia and our allies are obvious."
According to Putin, "they use new methods of collecting and spreading information, carry out cyber-attacks, try to recruit agents to gain access to the information concerning Russia’s defense capabilities, economic potential and resources," the president added.
A number of foreign spy services provide immediate support to extremist and terrorist groupings in order to destabilize the regions adjoining the Russian border, noted Putin.
"You know perfectly the kind of challenges Russia has to grapple with," he said at the meeting held to mark on the 95th anniversary of SVR.
Putin also said intelligence services from abroad were seeking to affect social processes in Russia.
"They're conducting operations to wield impact on the internal political and social processes in this country," he said.
Putin also hailed the good results achieved by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service saying SVR provides an important guarantee of the country’s sovereignty.
