When it comes to the US’s efforts to intervene in Russia’s domestic affairs, “the Russian intelligence capability is good at tackling these threats, Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer, told Sputnik.
Incumbent Vladimir Putin has won a landslide victory in the 2024 Russian presidential elections, praised by international observers as free and fair.Western elites have always harbored personal animosity towards Putin due to a spate of factors, Larry Johnson, a retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official, said in an interview with Sputnik.In this vein, the ex-CIA agent commented on Russian Foreign Intelligence Chief Sergey Naryshkin’s statement that the US is looking to create a „fifth column“ in Russia to meddle in the 2024 presidential elections and discredit the country’s leadership on social media.
