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MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Federal Security Service FSB (former KGB) to go ahead with competent and onward efforts to quash the activity of foreign agents in the country’s territory.
"The counter-intelligence has upset the activity of 80 career foreign secret service officers and exposed more than 350 their agents and persons suspected of illegal activities. Competent and steady work should proceed along these lines," Putin said at a meeting with newly-promoted officers.