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US Agents Hassle Russian UN Diplomats Using Blatant Recruitment Tactics - Envoy

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - US intelligence agents are trying to recruit Russian diplomats working in Russia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Deputy Permanent Representative Maria Zabolotskaya said at a committee meeting.
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"The updated information presented by us indicates that the United States keeps deliberately applying an entire range of measures and restrictions to our Permanent Mission and its employees aimed at reducing the effectiveness of our interaction with the UN, but moreover, at the provision of psychological pressure on Russian diplomats," Zabolotskaya said.
“How else can you explain the ever-increasing intrusive recruiting tactics by local security services who approach employees on the street and at the airport,” she said.
Zabolotskaya said contextual advertising is used on social networks, search engines and on video hosting sites, for example YouTube, to promote solicitations to cooperate with the FBI.
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