The State Security Department of Lithuania (SSD):
Russian intelligence is active and aggressive against Lithuania both in Lithuania and abroad

The State Security Department of Lithuania (SSD) has released a performance report, ru.delfi.lt informs.

The report says the Russian intelligence and security services are the most active and aggressive against Lithuania both in Lithuania and abroad. The activity of Belarusian security services is also directed against Lithuania.

These countries have the aim to collect information that would be used for making political and economic decisions.

Foreign secret services use technical equipment and human contacts to collect information, establish ties in Lithuanian governmental bodies and, in some cases, try to influence decisions of Lithuanian state institutions and companies.

“These services try to obtain classified and other sensitive information about Lithuania's domestic and foreign policy, economy, strategic energy projects, military forces, intelligence and law-enforcement bodies, as well as to influence political, economic and social processes,” the report says.

The reports informs that besides traditional methods, electronic intelligence, cyber spying and unconventional cover are used against Lithuania.

The SSD says that Russian intelligence and security services have technologies allowing to tap phone conversations of the persons they are interested in.

Russia's intelligence and security services also contribute to dissemination of information in favour of Russia, formation, coordination and support of groups of influence.

The report says foreign intelligence and security services in 2012 continued their attempts to establish contacts with representatives of Lithuanian governmental bodies, parties, media, research centres, hi-tech companies and ethnic groups.

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