FSB says Ukrainian spies are posing as US non-proft think tank

28/3/2025 6:32

Russia's FSB security

service accused Ukrainian spy agencies on Thursday of trying to

recruit Russian citizens and obtain military information by

posing as staff of U.S. non-profit think tank RAND Corp.



"The FSB has received information about representatives of

the Ukrainian special services using the cover of the

influential American RAND Corporation for recruiting activities

in the territory of the Russian Federation and obtaining limited

information about the Russian Federation's special military

operation in Ukraine," state news agency RIA said.



RAND is already banned in Russia as an "undesirable

organisation".



A RAND spokesperson said the organisation denied any

involvement in the alleged recruiting activities.



"We cannot speak to what Ukrainian officials may have said

or done, but RAND's researchers and analysts do not engage in

the kinds of efforts the FSB alleged," the spokesperson said.



"RAND is a nonpartisan research organisation that has been

providing objective, evidence-based research and analysis to

inform U.S. policymaking for nearly eight decades."