The risk of a large-scale conflict breaking out in Eurasia is real and raises serious concerns, Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said.
– “The risk of a large-scale conflict breaking out across Eurasia is quite real and causes extremely serious concerns. According to our information, European leaders believe in controlled escalation and a strategy of brinkmanship developed by Western intelligence agencies in the past century,” he pointed out at the 22nd Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Member Countries.
SVR chief calls global situation ‘very complex,’ says range of global threats expanding
Global threats are becoming increasingly acute and widespread; the very complex global situation requires close coordination of efforts among the intelligence agencies of CIS member states, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin said, opening the 22nd meeting of the Conference of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the CIS member states.
– “Each of our meetings is an excellent opportunity to assess the results of our joint work, analyze the experience we have gained, and outline specific steps for the near future. The theme of today’s meeting is formulated as follows: ‘Issues of Improving Cooperation Among the Special Services of CIS Member States Amid Growing Instability on the International Stage.‘ This topic is extremely important and timely. The global situation is indeed very challenging,” he said, addressing those present.
– In this context, the SVR chief noted that the situation in a number of regions is escalating. “The range and scale of global and local threats are expanding. Often, events in crisis zones rapidly unfold according to a negative scenario. The level of escalation is rising and new risks and hotspots of tension are emerging,” he emphasized.
– “Time is of the essence when it comes to developing effective response measures. Under these circumstances, the importance of information sharing among our agencies increases. As the saying goes, forewarned is forearmed. Accurate intelligence is crucial to reliably ensuring national security in the CIS states and throughout the entire organization,” Naryshkin noted.
– Delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan participated in the meeting. Russia, as the host country, chaired the meeting.
European countries pursue escalation instead of solving domestic problems — SVR chief
European countries are facing growing economic stagnation and an energy crisis, and instead of resolving their domestic problems, European elites are pursuing a path of escalation with sovereign Eurasian powers, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin stated.
– “European countries, which were once at the forefront of global development, have been facing economic stagnation, deindustrialization, energy crises, migration crises, and a loss of identity since 2008, not to mention their virtually complete military and political dependence on the US. Instead of addressing these domestic issues, European elites are exacerbating tensions with sovereign Eurasian powers,” he said at the 22nd meeting of the Conference of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the CIS member states.
– Naryshkin noted that a new so-called “axis of evil” – or, as Western intelligence agencies call it, the “axis of turmoil” – has been invented, including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
– The SVR chief also emphasized that the old world order, epitomized by so-called “united Europe,” “does not want to give way to multipolarity in the form of Eurasian integration formats,” such as the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
European society too pampered, unprepared for war with Russia — intel chief
European society is too pampered and unprepared for a large-scale war with Russia, which is why Western politicians use the myth of a threat from the East, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin stated at the 22nd Meeting of Heads of Security and Intelligence Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
– “European society, shaped by consumerism and transhumanism, is objectively unprepared for a large-scale, predetermined war in the East. It is too pampered and distorted. However, politicians and the financial-industrial groups behind them use the myth of a threat from the East to sharply increase military spending, put industry on a war footing, and modernize the armed forces, as well as road and port infrastructure,” Naryshkin said.
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