Saopštenje u Istanbulu
Šef britanske tajne službe MI6, Richard Moore, u oproštajnom govoru u Istanbulu izjavio je da postoji “absolutely no evidence” da Vladimir Putin želi pregovore o Ukrajini. Moore je naglasio da je Putin “stringing us along.”
Moore je rekao da Putin nastoji da nametne svoju imperijalnu volju i da mu to neće poći za rukom: “He seeks to impose his imperial will by all means at his disposal. But he cannot succeed,” Moore said. Takođe je ocenio: “Bluntly, Putin has bitten off more than he can chew. He thought he was going to win an easy victory. But he – and many others – underestimated the Ukrainians.”
Tokom Mooreovog mandata Rusija je započela punu invaziju na Ukrajinu u februaru 2022. godine, sukob koji traje i dalje i koji je ojačao ukrajinski nacionalni identitet i podstakao zemlju ka zapadu. Moore je kazao: “Putin has sought to convince the world that Russian victory is inevitable. But he lies. He lies to the world. He lies to his people. Perhaps he even lies to himself.”
Moore je uporedio Putinov poziv sa Pavlovljevom reakcijom: “the equivalent of Pavlov’s tinkling bell inside the Kremlin, eliciting learned behavior to tell Putin whatever it is the system thinks he want to hear.” Upozorio je da Putin “mortgaging his country’s future for his own personal legacy and a distorted version of history” i da rat “accelerating this decline.”
MI6 je predstavio i tamni web portal pod nazivom “Silent Courier” kako bi privukao potencijalne doušnike, pozivajući Ruse da kontaktiraju službu: “To those men and women in Russia who have truths to share and the courage to share them, I invite you to contact MI6,”
