'Reckless' Russia's power is in decline, says British spy chief

[DonViejo]

MI6 chief believes Moscow’s power is waning.

BY MARI ECCLES
April 25, 2021 1:49 pm

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Last week, Moscow announced it would recall almost 100,000 troops from the Ukraine border, de-escalating tensions amid concerns of a full-blown invasion. Moore said that the U.K. and United States had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of the damage an invasion could cause.

Despite the concerns, Moore said Moscow’s power is waning.

“Russia is an objectively declining power economically and demographically,” he said. “It is an extremely challenged place. And clearly the treatment of Alexei Navalny, as we saw with the thousands of protesters on the streets of … a number of cities, shows that there is a deal of disaffection with Mr Putin.” Opposition leader Navalny was imprisoned in February and has been on hunger strike to protest his treatment.

Moore — the first head of the service to ever give a broadcast interview — also revealed that MI6 is checking up on countries’ green commitments.

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https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-military-power-ukraine-britain-mi6/

[rockfordfile]

1. BS. Keep the pressure on them

[abqtommy]

2. I totally agree. Eternal vigilance and all that.

[Takket]

3. that is incredibly naive

What about their geopolitical power? Putin has weaponized disinformation and has world powers tearing themselves to pieces from the inside out. We got 4 years of drumpf because of this, the UK hasn't even fully realize how much it has damaged its economy's ability to function because of Brexit, Bolosario was pushed by Putin's troll farms and Brazil is being ravaged by covid while he tells his people not to "whine"... Putin also has destabilized governments in Africa, he's trying to inflame anti-Merkel sentiment in Germany... hell I don't know what major countries on the planet right now really DON'T have ongoing internal strife because of the psychological warfare Putin is raging against the world.

All this while his own political opponents are constantly falling out of windows.

He is the most dangerous person alive. I won't argue that economically on the world stage Russia is not a heavy hitter. But in terms of how much influence it has over world politics? They are right at the top, and nothing they are doing is good.