MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. The US and its allies are engaging with nationalists in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries to implement the Ukrainian scenario on their territory, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, stated in a speech at the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of CIS Security and Intelligence Agencies.
"Washington, London, and Brussels are exploring ways of using the so-called Ukrainian scenario against specific CIS countries. By that, I mean fueling local nationalism and advocating for integration with the West under the guise of strengthening national identity. We are receiving intel about ongoing communication between American and European agencies and nationalist parties and movements in the CIS," the SVR head said.
He emphasized that the US and British intelligence agencies have outlined "the ambitious goal of severing not just political and economic, but also deep historic and even geographical ties between the countries" of the CIS. "Affiliated non-governmental organizations and media outlets were instructed to cease acting openly in pursuit of this goal, shift focus to the so-called decolonization, and become more active in involving local academic and cultural figures, urban planners, and human rights activists," the intelligence chief added.
He also pointed out that an entire network of information analysis platforms and resources promoting anti-Russian and anti-China views is operating in Europe and Asia. "However unlikely it may seem now, generous foreign funding enables such structures to remain operational," he concluded.