Putin To His Intelligence Service: Well Done

Literally mocking the U.S., Russian thug Vladimir Putin today praised the efforts of his foreign intelligence service, the SVR, in a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of SVR's foreign intelligence predecessor, Cheka's Special Section. This comes just days after Russia was exposed as the perpetrator of a massive hack of the U.S. government and major corporations, the extent of which has yet to be assessed. From Reuters' report:

"Putin told attendees of the event, which also marked the Day of the Security Services Worker, that it was important to continue developing the work of counterintelligence agencies.

'I know what I’m talking about here,' Putin, a former KGB agent, said, in comments shared on the Kremlin website. 'And I rate very highly the difficult professional operations that have been conducted.' [snip]

'I expect that the Foreign Intelligence Service will continue to respond flexibly to the highly changeable international context, actively participating in identifying and neutralising potential threats to Russia, and improving the quality of its analytical materials,' Putin said."  (our emphasis)

We're surprised that his stooge in Washington, mentally disturbed con man Donald "Tovarich" Trump, didn't send a cable to congratulate the SVR, too. We'll note that Putin and his regime see relations with us as a zero-sum game where Russia "wins" only if the U.S. and its allies "lose," so "neutralizing potential threats" can be read as taking on the U.S.  Putin's mindset hasn't changed since the collapse of his beloved Soviet Union, the collapse of which he described in 2005 as "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century." That's who's controlling the actions of the corrupt and treasonous occupant of the Oval Office, whose lame attempt to point the blame for Russia's cyber attack elsewhere confirms his compromise.