Russia’s covert operations working despite Ukraine troubles

COMMENT – Russia maintains its ability to sow strife in democratic countries through covert operations, even if President Vladimir Putin’s war machine fails in what he calls the « special military operation » in Ukraine.

Putin recently insisted that his war in Ukraine is going well and producing positive results for his country. « We have not lost anything and will not lose anything, » the Russian president said at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 7.

Read the article written by HIROYUKI AKITA on Nikkei Asia.