Richard Moore says 400 intelligence officers operating under diplomatic cover have been expelled
Photograph: Matt Dunham/APPhotograph: Matt Dunham/APHalf of all the Russian spies operating under diplomatic cover aroundhave been expelled since the start of the war in Ukraine, the chief of MI6 has told a US security conference.
Speaking at the Aspen security conference, he said western intelligence agencies had made “pretty concerted” efforts to disrupt Russian spying networks since the invasion. Russian spies, as with intelligence officers of almost every major country, typically pretend to be undertaking cover jobs at their country’s embassy. Only a handful of long-term spies – so-called illegals – pretend to be ordinary citizens, operating outside the diplomatic framework.
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