Britain has intensified its efforts to unify the ranks of the Russian opposition abroad...a security statement reveals

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Following the launch of the special military operation, the United Kingdom intensified its efforts to unite the ranks of the so-called "Russian opposition" abroad, according to the Russian Federal Security Service.

The statement said: “London and its intelligence services have always used certain categories of Russian citizens as a tool for political pressure and within the framework of the hybrid war directed against our country, but following the outbreak of the special military operation, we observed a noticeable intensification in British efforts aimed at merging and unifying the blocs of what is known as the Russian opposition abroad.”

The statement indicated that this work is being facilitated by citizens who have left Russia, who sympathize with the Kiev regime and are ready to side with the enemy, describing them as “the new Vlasov group 2.0” (referring to Soviet General Andrei Vlasov, who later cooperated with Nazi Germany), pointing out that they are being united across different societies and resistance movements, to make the matter seem like a normal civil activity.

The Federal Security Service also confirmed that “carrying out such activities is impossible without coordination and supervision from the intelligence services. Behind the façade of self-organization hides a directed political project... and the goals of these endeavors are quite clear, as London seeks to export the illusion to the outside world that there is an alternative power center maturing among the Russian expatriates, and which is ready to take power in Moscow.”

The statement also added that the fleeing migrants involved in these projects “are being used as a ‘window’ to show another Russia, which upon examination turns out to be merely a reflection of the agenda and interests of the British Crown.”

The statement stressed that "the attempts of the British to form puppet organizations under the guise of a democratic alternative, and to employ them at the expense of the country's security, are doomed to failure. Those who linked their fate to London, and who wish to defeat Russia, are known by name to the counter-espionage services. All their movements are exposed, and their fates are sealed. We will not allow the mistakes of the Khrushchev era in granting amnesty to Bandera supporters to be repeated."