‘China is the enemy’: The leaked Russian intelligence revealed the actual view of Kremlin’s Beijing; They accuse them of espionage

Despite the hot public rhetoric, a confidential document by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reveals China’s deep doubts, it is a serious espionage threat to Russian national security and is seen as a “enemy”.,According to a report by The New York Times, an unknown FSB intelligence unit has warned of increasing Chinese efforts to spy on Russian military, steal sensitive technology and recruit Russian experts, even Moscow publicly supported his partnership as a “strategic coalition”.FSB’s internal eight-page memo, review and verified by six Western intelligence agencies, explains how China is allegedly targeted by Russian scientists, military operations in Ukraine and Arctic development through secret means. It was reportedly obtained by the late 2023 or early 2024 and by the Hacker Group Ares leak. Although the accurate original is unclear, experts quoted by the New York Times believe that the document looks authentic and sheds the rare light on Russia’s counter -supporting strategy towards an unstable colleague.FSB’s 7th service intelligence officer “China is an enemy,” a unit focused on Asian espionage in memo, a unit focused on the state, which is rapidly opposite with a public story of Russia-China unity.According to the document, FSB launched a new countership program Entente-4 A few days before Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, a target was to block Chinese infiltration while avoiding diplomatic results. Memo has warned the authorities not to publicly refer to China as a threat, reflecting Russia’s visit to Russia in managing its dependence on Beijing.The FSB claims that China has demanded to take advantage of Russia’s warship attention to recruitment of disillusionment military experts, especially people working on now-defense projects like Soviet-era. Ekranoplan, The memorandum allegedly stated, “Former employees are given priority recruitment … experiencing financial difficulties.”According to the report, Chinese intelligence has targeted Russians with Chinese spouse, using WeChat for monitoring, and deployed scientists and businessmen to gather intelligence under the guise of educational or commercial cooperation.Although Russia depends on China for exports, technology and restrictions of restrictions, the document says that Beijing may be monitored on long -term strategic benefits, including regional claims in the Russian Far East. FSB accused Chinese researchers of promoting historical relations in areas such as Vladivostoc, publishing maps with ancient Chinese names and discovering “ancient Chinese people” in the Russian sector.The memorandum also warns of Beijing’s growing soft-power strategy and espionage activities in the Arctic in Central Asia. This claims that Chinese firms and universities are being used as a cover to study Russia’s Arctic projects and influence local policy.Nevertheless, FSB recommends caution: any step against China requires high-level withdrawal to avoid damaging bilateral relations. “To endanger China’s support would be worse,” is the conclusion of the memo.The document also shows that Russia is not only defending itself from Chinese espionage, but is trying to influence it. The FSB states that Russian protest has been instructed to deliberately feed Chinese agents with positive information about Russian operations in Ukraine. This suggests a strategic effort by Moscow to manage the internal assessment of war, especially China looks closely at Russia’s performance against Western weapons. This goal seems to assure Russia’s strength to assure China and maintain its support despite the personal apprehensions of Chinese exploitation.According to Carnegie’s analyst Alexander Gabuva, as quoted by the New York Times, “Putin believes that he can go very deeply in this Chinese embrace, and it is not risk-free, but it is worth it,” suggesting that Moscow looks at the benefits of the relationship.