CIA Launches Russian-Language Recruitment Video, Kremlin Dismisses Effort

The video, featuring a fictional Russian intelligence employee, criticizes Russia's elite and military conditions, while the CIA claims increased outreach from Russians. Kremlin suggests CIA's use of banned platform X is ineffective.

The CIA has released a Russian-language video on social media platforms, including X and Telegram, in an attempt to recruit Russian intelligence employees as double agents for the U.S.
The video features a fictional character, a 35-year-old male employee of Russia's military intelligence agency, who criticizes the corruption in Russia's elite circles and the poor state of the Russian armed forces.
The character in the video accuses Russia's leadership of selling out the country for palaces and yachts while soldiers are poorly equipped and the public is forced to give bribes to find work.
The CIA claims that the video campaign is effective, stating that they are seeing more outreach from Russians as a result of these videos.
The Kremlin has dismissed the video, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov stating that intelligence agencies worldwide often use media and social networks to recruit new employees. Peskov also criticized the CIA for using X, a platform banned in Russia, suggesting that the Russian social network VKontakte would be a more effective platform.

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