Us intelligence believes that after the presidential elections in 2016 in the United States increased the number of Russian spies. On 6 July, reported CNN.
Sources of the TV channel know about the 150 spies from Russia operating in the territory of the United States. They note that Russian intelligence has increased their power after the expulsion of USA diplomats 35 in December 2016.
It is also noted that, despite the dissatisfaction of the American special services with the issuance of us visas a suspect in the espionage to the citizens of Russia, the process of obtaining an entry document by the Russians has not changed.
The former head of CIA operations Steve Hall told the TV station that the goal of the Russian spies is to gather information about the “unpredictable for Moscow” the President of the United States Donald trump.
At the end of last year Washington decided within 72 hours 35 to expel Russian diplomats, as well as close access to the residential Embassy complexes in Maryland and in new York city.
Russia has repeatedly accused of meddling in the US presidential election with the help of hackers. American journalists and officials asserted that they allegedly kidnapped the correspondence of the Democrats, and later posted on the Internet, and tried to penetrate into the electronic system of counting of votes. Moscow denies such accusations. President Vladimir Putin did not rule out that the mysterious hackers could be based in the United States.