According to the British "Daily Mail" report, on July 3, a group of black Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicles appeared on the streets of Moscow, rumbling on the streets and swaggering in a majestic manner. The teenagers in the car could not hide their excitement, and they were frantically honking horns, waving frantically, and taking pictures. Shockingly, these were 50 students who had just graduated from the foreign intelligence department of the spy academy of the Russian Federal Security Service. After the incident was exposed by the media, these students were recently "sent", and most of them were sent to the Chukota region and the more remote Kamchatka Peninsula.
What did you do?
They rented all the Mercedes SUVs and took up all the lanes on the streets of Moscow
They kept honking and whistling, and some of them were very excited to stick their heads out the window to take pictures and cheer, attracting attention
They also hired a professional photographer to document every moment of the "celebration"
They posted all the photos and videos they took that day online
Exile
Chukota region
The Chukota region is half within the Arctic Circle, close to Alaska in the United States. It is located on a high-latitude plateau and is covered with snow and ice all year round
● Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka Peninsula is located in the Russian Far East, sparsely populated and largely undeveloped
Wild celebration
Driving an off-road vehicle, photos and videos are posted online
On July 3, a group of black Mercedes-Benz SUVs appeared on the streets of Moscow as a graduation celebration for 50 students who had just graduated from the Foreign Intelligence Department of the Russian Federal Security Service’s spy academy.
The video footage at that time showed that they rented all Mercedes-Benz SUVs and occupied all the lanes on the streets of Moscow, constantly honking and whistling, and some people were very excited to stick their heads out of the window to take pictures and cheer, attracting the attention of many people.
They were just on the road, blocking the cars behind them all at once, suddenly increasing the accelerator all at once. In addition, they also hired a professional photographer to document every moment of the "celebration".
Afterwards, these graduates posted all the photos and videos they took that day on the Internet, and the videos were also accompanied by music. Subsequently, this situation was exposed by the media.
According to reports, the 50 agents graduated from the Foreign Intelligence Division. In the past four years, they have learned foreign languages for intelligence acquisition, combat, military theory, reconnaissance skills, decryption skills, and counter-intelligence skills. Usually, if you have to make a public appearance, you either play mosaic or wear a headgear. If people come out of this place can really face the world with a straight face, there are generally only two reasons – death or retirement.
Official outrage
Federal Security Service:
Students will be severely punished
The incident alarmed Russia’s Kremlin, and Russia’s Federal Security Service issued a stern statement on the matter: "This is the first time that students of the spy academy under the Security Service have held such a celebration that has aroused public anger. They rent luxury vehicles, cause public dissatisfaction on the streets, and seriously violate the professional ethics of agents. We cannot tolerate it. These students will be severely punished."
In a statement, the intelligence service strongly condemned the students’ "disorderly behavior," and Mikhailov, a retired senior intelligence official, directly called it "treason" and "outright betrayal."
"For four years, they have been learning all kinds of intelligence knowledge, especially never revealing their identities," Mikhailov said. "So grandiose, so arrogant. If this is their work attitude, they can’t do anything well."
According to reports, after these agents graduated, they had already been assigned tasks. The Russian Security Service gave the 50 agents two options: to leave automatically or to be sent to the frontier.
The vast majority of the spies chose to be sent to the frontier, where they will be stationed in the Chukota region just across the strait from Alaska and the more remote Kamchatka Peninsula. The leadership of the spy academy will face disciplinary action over the matter, with several leaders demoted and others asked to resign. Reuters analysis said that the 50 would-be agents apparently did not learn even the most basic skill – concealment of identity.
What is the Russian Federal Security Service?
The Federal Security Service (FSB) is Russia’s local intelligence agency responsible for domestic affairs. It is the successor organization of the Cheka, secret police, and KGB during the former Soviet era. It is currently headquartered in Moscow’s Lubyanka Square. The Lubyanka Square was the seat of the former Soviet KGB.
On June 20, 1996, Yeltsin appointed Mikhail Ivanovik Peskov as the first director of the FSB, and Nikolay Kobaleov as his successor. The former KGB became the current Russian Federal Security Service. Current Russian President Vladimir Putin was the director of the FSB from July 1998 to August 1999.
In order to prevent terrorists from attacking the country’s important military and civilian facilities and citizens, Putin has completely restructured the Federal Security Service. While fulfilling the responsibility of defending the country’s borders, the Federal Security Service’s ability to combat espionage, transnational crime, illegal immigration, drug and arms smuggling has been greatly improved.
At present, the establishment of the Federal Security Service is 300,000, and its organizational scale and status are approaching that of the former "KGB", especially the "α coefficient" and "signal flag" special forces under its jurisdiction have made great achievements in anti-terrorism operations in recent years, which has made the Federal Security Service famous.
(This group of manuscripts is comprehensive from Central Broadcasting and Legal Evening News)
