Why does the FSB report about hundreds of disclosed agents every year, and sentences are sentenced to units
Over the past ten years, the FSB has already reported about 3,500 exposed agents. Journalists of the Mediazones compared these statements with the statistics of convicts for espionage and gosmen – it turned out that the sentences are pronounced ten times less. This is a discrepancy I tried to explain The head of the team 29, lawyer Ivan Pavlov:
💭 “[То, что приносят президенту] -This is impersonal information, it does not have to somehow correlate with judicial statistics. Why? Because different concepts are used. “Personnel employee of the foreign special services” is usually an officer of the intelligence bodies of a foreign state. He can act, for example, under the cover of his diplomatic status, or act here without covering the diplomatic status. It does not have to be imprisoned or brought to criminal liability. Identification and process of prosecution of persons to criminal liability are different things“
💭 “Identification of these persons [о которых говорят на коллегии ФСБ] – This is nothing more than a figure that you can sometimes invent. We know how they draw official statistics in Russia, and even easier to draw an unofficial. It is not necessary to need a verdict that has entered into legal force“
💭 “They can initiate 400 cases, excite 10-15 per year. Why? Because they have such an interest, interest to watch. And now they are watching. Sometimes observation does not lead to anything“
Spyan iceberg. Why does the FSB report about hundreds of disclosed agents every year, and sentences are sentenced to units
At a meeting of the College of the FSB, the President of Russia traditionally reports that the special service annually exposes hundreds of foreigners …
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