when the CIA tries to recruit Russians on social networks

In a video posted Tuesday, May 16 on several social networks, the CIA makes a proposal in Russian language to those who wish to end the war in Ukraine: contact it to transmit information. The strategy was drawn up a few months ago, as announced by one of the agency’s directors, David Marlowe, in a very rare public appearance. “We search the world for Russians as sickened by the situation as we are. We are ready to do business with them.”he said then.

Military and economic information

The video wants to persuade Russians that the real patriotic meaning is to avoid an escalation. She then gives addresses on the dark web, in order to contact the agency in complete anonymity and security. The information sought is military, but the CIA is seeking also “informants in all sectors of the economy”, explains James Olson, the former director of counterintelligence at the CIA. The Russian authorities have made it known that the American initiative would make it possible to better track down traitors.