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Putin meets Russians deported from US for espionage
FOROS, Ukraine, July 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin said he had met with the Russian intelligence service agents
deported from the United States.
"We talked about life," Putin said replying to questions from
journalists at Foros on Saturday, July 24.
Asked whether he had sung songs with them using a karaoke box, Putin
said, "We did, but not with a karaoke box. We sang to live music and we
sang 'Where the Motherland Begins' and other such songs."
He confirmed that Anna Chapman was among the agents present.
"There is nothing much to comment on there. I have already said that
it was a result of treachery, and traitors always end up badly either from
abuse of alcohol or drugs, somewhere in the gutter. One has recently ended
up almost like this. And I don't understand what it was all about," Putin
said.
The prime minister confirmed that he knew the names of all the
traitors. When asked whether he would disclose them, he said, "This is an
incorrect question. It cannot be solved at a press conference. They live
by their own laws, and all special services are well aware of these laws."
Putin said that all Russian intelligence agents had a very hard life.
"Just imagine that they need to know a foreign language as well as their
mother tongue. They should be able to speak it and fulfil the assigned
tasks in the interests of their Motherland for many years not relying on
diplomatic cover-up. They subject themselves and their relatives, who don'
t even know who they really are or who they work for, to everyday danger,"
Putin explained.
When asked about the future of the agents, the prime minister said,
"They will work. I am sure they will work in decent places, and I am sure
they will have an interesting and bright life."
"It's not my task to assess their work," Putin said in conclusion. He
added that it was up to experts, the agents' bosses, the ultimate
consumers of this sort of information and the President of Russia who is
the commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces, to draw the final
conclusions.
Putin said he had met with the Russian intelligence service agents
deported from the United States.
"We talked about life," Putin said replying to questions from
journalists at Foros on Saturday, July 24.
Asked whether he had sung songs with them using a karaoke box, Putin
said, "We did, but not with a karaoke box. We sang to live music and we
sang 'Where the Motherland Begins' and other such songs."
He confirmed that Anna Chapman was among the agents present.
"There is nothing much to comment on there. I have already said that
it was a result of treachery, and traitors always end up badly either from
abuse of alcohol or drugs, somewhere in the gutter. One has recently ended
up almost like this. And I don't understand what it was all about," Putin
said.
The prime minister confirmed that he knew the names of all the
traitors. When asked whether he would disclose them, he said, "This is an
incorrect question. It cannot be solved at a press conference. They live
by their own laws, and all special services are well aware of these laws."
Putin said that all Russian intelligence agents had a very hard life.
"Just imagine that they need to know a foreign language as well as their
mother tongue. They should be able to speak it and fulfil the assigned
tasks in the interests of their Motherland for many years not relying on
diplomatic cover-up. They subject themselves and their relatives, who don'
t even know who they really are or who they work for, to everyday danger,"
Putin explained.
When asked about the future of the agents, the prime minister said,
"They will work. I am sure they will work in decent places, and I am sure
they will have an interesting and bright life."
"It's not my task to assess their work," Putin said in conclusion. He
added that it was up to experts, the agents' bosses, the ultimate
consumers of this sort of information and the President of Russia who is
the commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces, to draw the final
conclusions.
