To Catch a Fogle
To Catch a Fogle

Author(s): Ondřej Ditrych
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Russia; USA; Ryan Fogle; FBI; meetings of “illegals” detained in the U.S.; cyber threats; EU;
Summary/Abstract: The Putin regime seems to have chosen to publicly expose Ryan Fogle not simply as a “tit-for-tat” for the embarrassing release of footage by the FBI of the meetings of “illegals” detained in the U.S. (2010) with Russian diplomats, but to gesture toward domestic audiences and to humiliate the U.S. in order to weaken its position in mutual negotiations, knowing that Washington may not be in the position to retaliate. For the EU, the episode is a reminder that even in the age of cyber threats the conventional spy war is far from over.

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