CIA tries to recruit spies in Russia via social media

The US Central Intelligence Agency has released a new Russian-language video in which it tries to convince Russian intelligence officers to defect to the United States and work as double agents.

Source: European Pravda with reference to the CIA on Twitter (X)

Details: A video by US intelligence officers posted on social media tries to appeal to patriotic Russians who work in the intelligence community and may feel betrayed by the corruption in the elite and poorly supplied Russian Armed Forces.

The fictional protagonist of the video is a 35-year-old man, an employee of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), who considers himself a patriot who loves Russia and once served as a paratrooper.

"Do I have the courage to stand up to this betrayal?" he asks, before saying that the real enemy is inside Russia in the form of the corrupt leadership and the elite.

"The top leadership has sold the country for palaces and yachts, while our soldiers chew rotten potatoes and shoot with prehistoric weapons. Our people are forced to pay bribes just to find a job," the man said.

The "Russian intelligence officer" says his patriotism pushed him to act and cooperate with the CIA, and the final shot of the video shows him contacting the CIA by mobile phone.

"Those around you may not want to hear the truth. But we do. You are not powerless," the recruitment video says.

Почему я связался с ЦРУ: Ради Родиныhttps://t.co/mhQbzet5X2 pic.twitter.com/sBNWgc93PM

— CIA (@CIA) January 22, 2024

CIA Director William Burns said in July that some Russians' discontent with the war in Ukraine was creating a rare opportunity for spy recruitment and that the CIA was not going to miss it.

The CIA launched a campaign to persuade those dissatisfied with the war in Ukraine and the lives of Russian citizens to share classified information.

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