CIA Denies Role In Russia's Wagner Mutiny, But Won't Let "Once in a Generation Opportunity Go Waste"

Disaffection in Russia due to the Ukraine war is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recruit spies, US CIA chief William Burns has said. Burns further said that his agency was not letting the opportunity go to waste. Burns also said that the armed mutiny by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had shown the corrosive effect of the war on Russia. Burns cast the mutiny as an "armed challenge to the Russian state" but said it was an "internal Russian affair”. He further added that the United States “has had and will have no part” in such a rebellion. Meanwhile, Russia has accused the US of harassing its UN ambassadors by bombarding its diplomats with FBI recruitment ads. Moscow said that the ads were part of a harassment campaign aimed at undermining their work. Watch this video to know more. #Russia #Ukraine #CIA #US #Putin #Zelensky #Prigozhin #Wagner #WorldNews n18oc_world n18oc_crux CRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are shaping our world. We track news, geopolitics, diplomacy and defence strategies and explain how they shape national policies. Crux makes sense of global developments, and analyses their impact on daily lives. Follow CRUX on Telegram: https://bit.ly/3fnlLua Follow CRUX on Instagram (@crux.india): https://bit.ly/3qSFx1K Follow CRUX on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Lte7iF #GetCloserToTheNews with latest headlines on politics, sports and entertainment on news18.com https://bit.ly/2Y4QccL Also watch: Crux Decode: https://bit.ly/3MjzIoG Crux+ : https://bit.ly/35mm97B Crux Most Watched: https://bit.ly/3KhJ8iX