A strong East-West espionage clash is being warned in the Balkans. Russian journalist Igor Korotchenko, both a military expert and editor-in-chief of the magazine “National Defense”, citing his sources, claims that “the British will respond to Russia asymmetrically – and not only through Ukraine, but also in the Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo)”. He follows Belgrade’s line in accusing the West of aiming for a coup in the format of a “color revolution” to bring the Serbian opposition to power.
“MI6 has good operational positions in the Balkans, qualified agents, experienced residents (some even have operational experience in leading positions from the British Embassy in Moscow). The main issue is the ability, first of all, of the Serbian Security and Information Agency (BIA) to keep the situation under control and neutralize the aspirations of Western intelligence agencies, including MI6,” says Igor Korotchenko from the National Defense in Russia. He also somewhat justifies the Serbian authorities, claiming that “after the dismissal of the head of the BIA, Aleksandar Vulin, from his post, it became possible to export Serbian military products (including ammunition) to Ukraine, using false certificates of end users and intermediary countries, which forced the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service to make a special statement on this issue.”
“Clouds are gathering over the head of the BIA chief of operations, one of the most experienced heads of Serbian intelligence, Marko Parezanovic, whose removal from the Serbian state security system is today a key objective of both MI6 and a number of other Western intelligence agencies,” he said. Meanwhile, earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova threatened Serbia with dangerous consequences in connection with the delivery of weapons to Ukraine.