The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released a new video message in Russian, trying to convince Russian intelligence officers to defect and work as double agents for Washington, Reuters and Agerpres reported on Tuesday.

CIA Director William Burns said in July of last year that the dissatisfaction of some Russians with regard to the war against Ukraine gives rise to a rare opportunity to recruit spies and the CIA does not miss such an opportunity.

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The video appeal, broadcast on the CIA’s official channel on the X social network, aims to recruit agents whose profiles purport to be Russian patriots but who feel betrayed by what the US services portray as elite corruption and poor equipment and supplies. Russian troops.

“People around you may not want to hear the truth. But we want to. You are not powerless,” the CIA tries to convince in this latest message from a series of video appeals distributed for the purpose of recruiting Russian agents and which also indicate how to contact the American service.

Against the background of melancholic classical music, a fictional character appears in the frame, a 35-year-old man who calls himself an employee of Russian military intelligence and a “patriot” who once served in the landing forces, a “Russia lover”.

“Will I have the courage to face this betrayal?” says an alleged Russian agent who fled to the West, claiming that Russia’s real enemy is within in the form of a corrupt elite and leadership.

“The top leadership sold the country for palaces and yachts, when our soldiers are fed rotten potatoes and shot with prehistoric weapons. Our people are forced to pay bribes even for work,” continues the same hero, speaking in the harsh Russian winter, and the video is interrupted by images of luxurious official limousines and rich Russians clinking glasses.

He justifies his decision to side with the CIA with his “patriotism.” The video appeal, aimed at Russian intelligence agents unhappy with the system they work in or their situation within it, ends with footage of one such smartly dressed agent contacting the CIA from a cell phone in a snowy yard.

The Kremlin’s reaction: “Someone should tell the CIA…”

The Kremlin reacted ironically to the appearance of this recording and reminded the CIA that in Russia the social network X (formerly Twitter) is banned and accessible only through VPN, many networks of this kind are also banned, which indicates American espionage. rather use the VKontakte network to increase their chances of recruiting Russian agents.

“Someone should tell the CIA that in our country VKontakte is much more popular than the banned X. And that the audience of VKontakte is much wider,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov, who denied the ideas in this video about corruption or bad equipment . of the Russian army in the war in Ukraine.

“You know, this practice is quite common, the special services of the world often use the press and social networks for recruitment. And they do it all the time, the CIA does it every year,” the Russian official added.

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