Security chief: Western spies aim to break up Russia

Russia’s security chief said Western spies were working to weaken and break up the country and singled out British agents as the most intrusive, according to an interview published today.

Nikolai Patrushev, who heads the Federal Security Service, the main KGB successor agency, also claimed that foreign spies were working to foment discontent in Russia in the run-up to December’s parliamentary elections and the presidential vote next spring.