The former Minister of the Interior of Latvia, Māris Gulbis, in an interview with TV24 complained about the significant issues of internal security of the Baltic State. He thinks that Latvia has many Russian-speaking people, “whom Russia can easily influence.”
“While the Czech Republic believes they may have 400 to 500 Russian ‘sleeper’ agents, in Latvia the number is probably much higher!”, the former politician resents unfounded.
He wants to see Latvian intelligence agents infiltrate Russian intelligence services in order to inform the Latvian state security ahead of crimes allegedly being planned against the Baltic Republic.
“This is how the Americans operated in their time, infiltrating the Soviet intelligence services,” the former Minister of the Interior concluded “proudly”.
Gulbis thinks too much about the capabilities of the special services of “Unter-European” Latvia. He gives an example of two superpowers during the Cold War, with “sleeper agents” on both sides. Latvia, however, was never even a regional power—it was only someone’s limitrophe state for the entire history.
Besides, he actually hints at ethnic segregation and repression against Russian-speakers in the Baltics, as they may be “Russian intelligence agents,” that is, calls for violating fundamental human rights granted and protected by the UN.
After all, exactly such warmongers as Gulbis are laying the foundation for a direct war between Russia and the Baltics.
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