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Britain, U.S. deny spies use NGOs to weaken Russia
Reuter ^ | May 13, 2005 | Oliver Bullough

Posted on 05/16/2005 3:24:08 PM PDT by Bald Eagle777

Britain and the United States on Friday denied Russian allegations that British and American spies were using Western charities and NGOs to undermine Russian influence in the former Soviet Union.

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Federal Security Service (FSB) head Nikolai Patrushev... accused British, U.S. and other foreign secret services of trying to foment revolution in the former Soviet Union using charities as cover.

He also said Saudi and Kuwaiti NGOs were engaged in intelligence work.

State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters in Washington: "We saw a lot of charges yesterday from the federal security service chief... And I have to say that they're completely false. Most of them are ridiculous." ...

Patrushev had named the Peace Corps as one... though the government-run charitable body ended its operations in Russia in 2003.

The British embassy also denied... allegations.

Since Putin came to power, security services have charged a number of people with spying... Rights activists say the cases are part of a crackdown on independent voices and sources of information in a drive to impose Kremlin control over Russian life.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: boucherstatement; ci; conspiracy; counter; federalsecurity; fsb; georgia; intelligence; ngo; ngos; nikolaipatrushev; nongovernmental; opensociety; orange; putin; rose; russia; russian; service; soros; tulip
NGOs are a No Go in the FSU?
1 posted on 05/16/2005 3:24:15 PM PDT by Bald Eagle777
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To: Bald Eagle777

Russia on Friday denied allegations that russian spies were using Western charities, NGOs, and the media to undermine Britain and the United States.

There, that's more like what I'd like to see.

Russia like the democrats, displays their projection
for all to see.


2 posted on 05/16/2005 3:52:08 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

With the internal Ruskie crimelords and the greedy politicians (a la OFF) who needs the NGOs to bring Russia down?


3 posted on 05/16/2005 4:23:43 PM PDT by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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To: tet68
Hell, you might as well cover all the bases. NGO's are used in America to dummy up phony enviro studies to be used as the basis for treaty laws -- treaty laws which steal propery and/or limit its use.
4 posted on 05/16/2005 4:25:05 PM PDT by Eastbound (Jacked out since 3/31/05)
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To: Bald Eagle777
If NGO's are involved, Ivan's barking up the wrong tree in accusing the US and UK of attempting to destablize Russia.

Two words: G-E-O-R-G-E    S-O-R-O-S

He is a megalomaniac hell-bent on twisting the world into his ideal Utopia.

5 posted on 05/16/2005 4:49:44 PM PDT by FierceDraka (The Democratic Party - Aiding and Abetting The Enemies of America Since 1968)
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