Russland warf Australien vor, „antirussische Paranoia“ zu schüren, weil es ein in Russland geborenes Paar der Spionage beschuldigte

https://www.reuters.com/world/moscow-condemns-australia-paranoia-espionage-arrests-russia-born-couple-2024-07-13/

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  2. Welp, this pretty much confirms they are russian spies. Otherwise russia wouldn’t have said shit

  3. I mean if the world over would stop finding people doing Russian government business or misinformation in other countries and not registering as working for a foreign government

  4. Democracies (real ones) need to figure out this check by authoritarian regimes using rule of law and personal freedoms of western societies to destabilize them and quick lest this become a checkmate.

    The easy solution would be to curtail these freedoms and rights and start acting authoritarian… which is one of several intended outcomes.

    Having said that, once a workaround or counter to these kinds of subversions are found there needs to be a merciless and relentless approach of counter destabilizing these authoritarian regimes through to collapse. To send a message if nothing else.

  5. Anti-Russian paranoia? Did they realize calling everything Russophobic made them sound stupid and are trying to find a different term to use?

  6. You would be foolish to believe that the Russian government doesn’t have spies in every country.

    Russian spies:

  7. Some relevant light reading:

    https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-03/gayrope-this-is-how-russia-uses-disinformation-against-the-lgbtq-community-to-attack-democracies.html

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-conservatives-russian-disinformation-survey/

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/social-media-foreign-interference-1.7034484

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/06/government-of-canada-releases-statement-on-malicious-cyber-activity.html

    https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-a-very-attractive-target-for-foreign-interference-csis-presentation

    https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/did-reddit-year-end-recaps-expose-russian-interference-in-alberta-8223476

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-warns-russian-bot-farm-163550603.html

  8. The best way to deal with this is donate more gear to Ukrane. We are phasing out the ANZAc class frigates, why not give them one with a full magazine of mistles and main gun rounds. It would be a pity if Ukrane cold strike Russia from anywhere.

  9. Every accusation is a confession with Putin and the GOP. 

  11. Ok, bud. Tell that to the American journalist currently incarcerated by Russia.

  12. Ok, bud. Tell that to the American journalist currently incarcerated by Russia.

  17. Wow, I’m sure that put Oz in their place……….

    Spying confirmed.

  20. Imagine a whole country being a troll…that’s Russia….

  21. “Stop being hysterical “

    Russia is just an abusive a-hole

  22. Having your partner access secured military services and send you classified information while you are hanging around in Russia kind of points the finger at the woman as being a Russian sleeper agent. Whether the male partner was in on the scheme or is just a unwitting accomplice is unknown.

    In other words, if you don’t want foreign nations “inciting paranoia” about your country then stop conducting espionage on said foreign nations…

  23. It’s laughable that anyone would believe anything the Kremlin says lol

  24. They’ve been running disinfo ops here for a while, actively spending money on polarising Australians.

    Successful “Lock her up” chanting in the US was followed by subsequent attempts to reproduce it down under and polarise us with very similar “Dictator Dan” chanting aimed to divide and outrage.

    They’ve experimented with several wedge issues, ranging from covid policy to Julian Assange paid (expensive) highway signs rocking anti-US political ad slogans, to spending their money to hire flotillas of boats and block cargo ships entering Melbourne port waving Palestinian flags and while threatening local public servants – something their/Iran’s violent proxy Hamas (who we are meant to say is behind it) would be unlikely to do with their money given how far we are, and actual Palestinian welfare wouldn’t spend their scarce resources on such stuff… but disinformation attacks – likely china and/or Russia – aimed to polarize and divide absolutely would.

    We make significant amount of artillery shells towards the NATO and friends pool, and Russia very much considers us a target.

    Usually their disinfo resources are used from behind some kind of front, like a “pro Palestinian” group or a bunch of local reactionaries, conspirologists or just good old fashioned paid nihilists they dug up on a campus somewhere, but this week’s espionage catch led directly to them, so they’re in gear screaming how they’re denying it all from the rooftops.

    All of it – from the way they operate to the denial – is part of their standard playbook.

    To anyone interested, I’ll quietly [leave this here](https://youtu.be/tR_6dibpDfo?si=c4mgzD7dvQK0Chz_).

  25. Taking measures to prepare for war with a country that has declared you to be their enemy, and that they are at war with you… is not paranoia.

  26. the rest of the world shouldn’t bother reporting the crap coming out of russia.

    rogue state. needs another revolution.

  27. Australia responded by saying that Russia were already doing that job themselves.

  29. I’d be very leery of most Russn immigrants right now. 

  30. Iranophobia, anti-russian paranoia, it’s hilarious how these autocratic societies know exactly who their target audience is with these statements lol

  31. I’m surprised Medvedev hasn’t threatened nuclear war over it yet.

  32. Anti-Russia paranoia is basically the state of existence in half the world right now. What are they complaining about? The other half is Anti-NATO paranoia.

  33. “Maybe stop spying on us and we wouldn’t be so paranoid.” lol

  36. Next up, four tourists from New South Wales arrested and sent to a gulag in the north.

  37. Yeah, maybe Russia shouldn’t have blown our citizens out of the sky, then send a nuclear capable flotilla to our shores just because our PM got a little angry about it.

    Russia is inciting anti-Russian paranoia.

  38. “It’s racism to charge our spies with espionage!”

    When you try to use woke bullshit…

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