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Washington<\/span> \n The Central Intelligence Agency has launched a new effort to seize what US intelligence officials believe is an “unprecedented” opportunity to win over Russians unhappy about the war in Ukraine and the life in Russia to share their secrets, posting a cinematic recruiting video online. Monday.\n <\/p>\n \n The push includes a new CIA channel activated telegram<\/a>, the social media network that is a very popular source of unfiltered news in Russia. The CIA first posted the video on Telegram, which ends with instructions on how to contact the CIA anonymously and securely. The video is also posted on their other social media platforms, including YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.\n <\/p>\n \n CIA officials involved in the project said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a historic opening “for the Russians to come to us and give us the information that the United States needs.” It also comes after a previous recruitment drive after the launch of the invasion that officials said was successful, with one “contact”.\n <\/p>\n \n The message, one official said, they hope Russians working in sensitive fields with access to valuable information will hear now is: “We understand you, maybe better than you think.”\n <\/p>\n \n “We wanted to convey to the Russians in their own language that we know what they are going through,” added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive project.\n <\/p>\n \n The official insisted the video was “absolutely not” intended to be inflammatory or fuel unrest among the general population, where Russian President Vladimir Putin still enjoys a high level of support, but was aimed at people who may be on the fence and “demystify”. the process of contacting the CIA. Putin doesn’t even mention the Ukraine war, partly because it would be “redundant” but also because they argue it is based on “timeless” issues that have long convinced disaffected Russians to contact the CIA.\n <\/p>\n \n “Ukraine is the main thing, but this is more or less a symptom of something bigger,” one of the officials said. “There are always people in Russia who identify with what we have to say here.”\n <\/p>\n \n What the spy agency believes the Russians are going through, what they believe could convince the Russians to become active, is self-doubt, lack of purpose, and oppression. He appeals to his sense of patriotism and plays with Russian culture, quoting lines from Leo Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky.\n <\/p>\n \n “We will live with dignity, thanks to my actions,” says the narrator in Russian as a woman in her car uses her phone to contact the CIA, before the agency’s logo and contact instructions appear.\n <\/p>\n \n The moving two-minute video shows different Russians going about their lives, appearing to contemplate important decisions. The theme of family runs throughout, showing a girl in a hospital bed with a lady who appears to be her mother. The target audience is clear: a woman works on what appears to be a government computer and a man walks into a government building, shows his ID before sitting down at a desk full of files.\n <\/p>\n \n
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