British Intelligence forces are said to be concerned by attempts by the SVR, Russia's foreign intelligence agency, to re-establish itself in Britain. A parliamentary paper on Russian intelligence services suggested more than 100 SVR agents had been operating in the US. The SVR is engaged in 'political intelligence, scientific and technical intelligence (industrial espionage) and illegal intelligence,' according to the parliamentary report. It added that the SVR are said to be involved in 'political intelligence, scientific and technical intelligence (industrial espionage) and illegal intelligence'. After the Salisbury attack Sergei Naryshkin, the director of the SVR, claimed the poisoning was a 'grotesque provocation rudely staged by the British and US intelligence agencies.'

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2019 01:28 UTC