Enterprising Russians wanted to sell non-existent military secrets to the CIA, but Langley was greedy with payment
Two residents of the Trans-Baikal Territory from the city of Borzi received warnings from the Russian FSB for trying to sell the CIA non-existent secrets about military units stationed in Transbaikalia.
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About this to the Interfax agency reported to the FSB of the Russian Federation.
According to the agency, in 2015, a resident of the city of Borzi, in the Trans-Baikal Territory, sent a letter to the CIA in which he offered to buy classified information about the Russian armed forces. “The CIA sent a response with questions of interest, but the question of money was postponed,” Russian intelligence services reported. “They made up all the information,” the press service of the regional FSB explained to the publication.
Then the man turned to his friend, who was serving in military service, but did not have any access to classified information, the publication writes. The comrades began sending to the CIA “made-up stories about trains being sent to Ukraine and about missiles aimed at the United States,” the FSB reported.
It is reported that the men's contacts with the CIA were stopped by Russian intelligence services. The FSB emphasized that there were no grounds for initiating a criminal case in this case, since the residents of Borzi did not transfer any secrets to the CIA.
The publication notes that the law enforcement agency was surprised by the reaction of the CIA, which “was interested in information from a dubious source.”
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