Russia restores Soviet bases to employ locals in foreign embassies. Thus, in the Soviet Union, diplomats were surrounded by spies

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about the new rules for employing technical staff in embassies during his speech in the State Duma, on Wednesday. The minister's words came in response to the statement of MP and former intelligence officer Andrei Lugovoi, who called for a reconsideration of this practice in the case of diplomatic missions from “unfriendly countries.” He pointed out that in Soviet times, foreign embassies could not search for employees on their own. – After the collapse of the Soviet Union, unfriendly countries, in particular the Anglo-Saxons and especially the British, began to employ people as gardeners, drivers, cooks and perform certain tasks, including communicating with our citizens on a secret basis, Lugovoi said. .