Recent Russian Intelligence Operations

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An unusual commentary via RUSI, by:

The author is a senior former British intelligence official who has chosen to write this article anonymously to articulate unhindered views.

Link:https://rusi.org/commentary/uk-and-russia-what-be-done

It opens with:

As Lenin once quipped at a key turning moment in his revolution, chto delat? (What is to be done?). That is precisely the question facing the UK after the attempted assassination in Salisbury of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia

The last paragraph:

The actions proposed here against the Russian intelligence presence may not be the most dramatic suggestions. But the UK’s response must acknowledge that British–Russian relations are not just some degrees worse than hitherto. For Russia under Putin has become not just a disappointing partner or a part-nuisance; it is now hostile, and Whitehall needs to adopt a policy to accept that.