Putin calls on modern KGB to bust Western sanctions in speech at spy service meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, to help Russian companies bust Western sanctions and expand their clout into new markets around the world.

In an attempt to sink the Russian economy and force Putin to change course, the West imposed on Russia what it casts as the toughest-ever sanctions shortly after the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In a speech at the FSB spy service's annual meeting at the Lubyanka in central Moscow following his landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election, Putin said its spies should work with other agencies to increase the security of the banking and financial systems.

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