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'..Zero tolerance for Russian intrusions..' - '..need to “dismantle” spying networks and prevent other illegal activities by Russia..'

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'..Zero tolerance for Russian intrusions..'

'Recommendation 2: Zero tolerance for Russian intrusions. There is always a debate as to how firmly and how publicly to respond to Russian intelligence operations, especially given Moscow’s propensity for tit-for-tat retaliation. In the current environment, European governments must not be held hostage by this risk or by the desire to improve the relationship. Rather, they should respond firmly and publicly to all such intrusions, regardless of the immediate practical and rhetorical consequences. Estonia, for example, has already put this into practice, with its policy of publicly naming or prosecuting spies rather than quietly expelling them.'

- '..Zero tolerance for Russian intrusions .. Estonia .. policy of publicly naming or prosecuting spies..'



'..the importance of dismantling Russia's spy networks in the United Kingdom and the United States to curtail Russian clandestine activities and prevent future chemical weapons attacks on either country's soil..'

'Meanwhile, Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May in a phone call on March 28 discussed the need to “dismantle” spying networks and prevent other illegal activities by Russia in their two countries, the White House said in a statement.

"Both leaders agreed on the importance of dismantling Russia's spy networks in the United Kingdom and the United States to curtail Russian clandestine activities and prevent future chemical weapons attacks on either country's soil," it said.'

- RFERL (Source, March 28, 2018)



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(Russia) - '..the wounds inflicted by the Soviet experiment have never healed..'