MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin boasted Russia had thwarted more than 400 foreign spies last year and on March 5 called on the FSB, the domestic intelligence agency, to act to block further foreign attempts to obtain political, economic and military information.
Reuters: Putin, before vote, says Russia has thwarted hundreds of foreign spies
Presidential candidate, President Vladimir Putin attends a rally to support his candidature in the upcoming presidential election at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on March 3.