Ministry of Internal Affairs: foreign intelligence services are trying to organize terrorist attacks with the help of Russians

Foreign intelligence services are trying to force Russians to commit sabotage and terrorist attacks using blackmail, intimidation and threats.

In the context of digital technologies, methods of deception become more sophisticated, for example, through online dating, money transfers or careless disclosure of personal information.

MOSCOW, October 12 - RIA Novosti. Foreign intelligence services, under various pretexts, including blackmailing, intimidating and threatening, are trying to force Russians to commit sabotage and terrorist attacks, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk told reporters.

Volk noted that in the world of digital technologies, methods of deception are becoming more and more sophisticated: dating on the Internet, transferring money or carelessly disclosing information about yourself can end unpredictably. Sometimes this becomes the beginning of a criminal scheme in which the enemy uses deception, threats, blackmail and psychological pressure, she said.