New York Times Obtains Internal FSB Report Highlighting Russian Govt Concerns About Chinese Influence June 9, 2025 | Sundance | 1/2

At sporadic times of inconsequential normalcy, on the streets of Russia you will seetwo distinct types of people asked for identification, Asians and middle eastern males. When asked why, the average, ordinary grey-person in Russia going about their business, ambivalently has no idea.

Russia is a massive country.

To the southeast they are bordered by China, Mongolia and Asia, they even have a small border with North Korea. To the southwest they have the “stans,” most notably Kazakhstan; this region is the source of most domestic terrorists== who attack inside Russia. To the West they have Ukraine and the EU nations.

From the standpoint of Russia, they have Asians on their East, Arabs on their South and EU supported Nazis on their Western flank. Keep in mind, despite the breakup of the Soviet Union the muscle memory from World War II is still very much a part of their social compact.

Consider Arlington Cemetery for scale. If you were to build a cemetery just from the battle of Leningrad (now St Petersburg) it would be bigger than Washington DC. If you were to build an Arlington type cemeteryfor all the Russians killed in World War II, the 27 million gravesites would envelop a landmass bigger than Washington DC and the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia combined. These realities underpin Russian perspectives.

CTH shared previously thatRussia is drawn into an alignment with China not by desire, but rather by necessity. Most ordinary Russians do not like China, and they would prefer not to purchase Chinese industrial or manufactured goods. Russian President Vladimir Putin is well aware of this, and I believe U.S. President Donald Trump is aware also.

Secretary of State MarcoRubio said publiclyit should be U.S. policy to supportseparating the two biggest nuclear powers, China and Russia as a matter of strategic U.S. interest. President Trump said, “I’m going to have to un-unite them, and I think I can do that, too,” shortly before his election in November. “I have to un-unite them.”{link}

In a very downplayed statementearlier this year hidden by media, the former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and current Secretary of State -also National Security Advisor- Marco ==Rubio, said

“Ukraine was a proxy war for the United States against Russia.” Despite the U.S. media intentionally hiding the statement,Moscow immediately noticed and affirmed the accuracy.

Ukraine launched a covert attack against Russian air force bases last Sunday June 1st. President Trump was not informed of the attack in advance and was unaware it was going to take place.In the aftermath, President Trump and Secretary Rubio stayed quiet.

Three days after the attack, Wednesday, June 4, President Trump held a 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Last week the New York Times received “an eight-page internal F.S.B. planning document” … “that sets priorities for fending off Chinese espionage.”

[…]Ares Leaks, a cybercrime group, obtained the document but did not say how it did so]]. That makes definitive authentication impossible, but The Times shared the report with six Western intelligence agencies, all of which assessed it to be authentic. The document gives the most detailed behind-the-scenes view to date of Russian counterintelligence’s thinking about China==…

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/09/new-york-times-obtains-internal-fsb-report-highlighting-russian-govt-concerns-about-chinese-influence/

(FSB leader is working closely with the CIA leader in the US, they announced it months ago when Trump got in, it was not a leak, is was a handover imo)

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[…] Russia has survived years of Western financial sanctions following the invasion, proving wrong the many politicians and experts who predicted the collapse of the country’s economy.

[…]The Russian document describes a “tense and dynamically developing” intelligence battle in the shadows between the two outwardly friendly nations.

[…] Read one way, the F.S.B. document lends credence to the theory that,with the right approach, Russia can be cleaved away from China. The document describes mistrust and suspicion on both sides of the relationship. (more)

CTH will repeat prior outlines based on available public data as well as my research trip into the current disposition of Russia.The Russian Federation and the Russian people do not want deepening ties with China.

Despite people from the Eastern side of Russia often being called Asians, even within Russiathey are known as Asian-Russians, they do not align with a Chinese worldview. One of the key positive characteristics of Russia is the lack of pretending both in government and in the people.

Russians do not describe China as the panda; they have very clear eyes and see the dragon behind the panda mask.

From the Southeast Russia has Chinese espionage pressure points; from the Southwest Russia has Arab terrorist pressure points; from the West Russia has EU/Nazi NATO pressure points, and the CIA has activated strategies to stimulate all these agitations.

All of mypolitical instincts tell me that President Putin and President Trump are in alignment. The challenge for President Trump is to overcome the opposition forces from within Western government (NATO) and Western media.

When President Trump and President Putin come into open alignment,the entire world changes.

Their opposition knows this.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/06/09/new-york-times-obtains-internal-fsb-report-highlighting-russian-govt-concerns-about-chinese-influence/

(I really wonder nowif the Camp David Principals meetings could have invited foreign leaderswith the top military to discuss the accelerated plans. Trump said Camp David provides much more security, but he did invite foreign terrorist leaders there in his last term, to talk there, although it may not have happened.)

Federal Security Service: principal security agency of Russia (FSB)

The FSB, or Federal Security Service, is Russia's principal security agency, succeeding the KGB and headquartered in the Lubyanka building.24 Formed on April 3, 1995, the FSB is responsible for counterintelligence, protecting the state border, ensuring information security, and coordinating counterintelligence efforts across federal agencies.45 Its role includes safeguarding national security, countering terrorism, and protecting internal sea waters, territorial sea, exclusive economic zones, and their natural resources.

Notice the look on Putin's face, and another leaders look, Putin doesn't look like he is enjoying the company of some, he did want PDJT to come, because PDJT would appreciate the solemnity of the event.

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Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China

Russia’s spy hunters are increasingly worried about China’s espionage, even as the two countries grow closer.

June 7, 2025

In public, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says his country’s growing friendship with China is unshakable — a strategic military and economic collaboration that has entered a golden era.

But in the corridors of Lubyanka, the headquarters of Russia’s domestic security agency, known as theF.S.B., a secretive intelligence unit refers to the Chinese as “the enemy.”

This unit, which has not previously been disclosed, has warned that China is a serious threat to Russian security. Its officers say thatBeijing is increasingly trying to recruit Russian spies and get its hands on sensitive military technology, at times by luring disaffected Russian scientists.

The intelligence officers say that China isspying on the Russian military’s operationsin Ukraine to learn about Western weapons and warfare.

They fear that Chinese academics arelaying the groundwork to make claims on Russian territory.

And they have warned that Chinese intelligenceagents are carrying out espionage in the Arctic using mining firmsand university research centers as cover.

The threats are laid out in an eight-page internal F.S.B. planning document, obtained by The New York Times, that sets priorities for fending off Chinese espionage. The document is undated, raising the possibility that it is a draft, though it appears from context to have been written in late 2023 or early 2024.

Paul Sonne is an international correspondent, focusing on Russia and the varied impacts of President Vladimir V. Putin’s domestic and foreign policies, with a focus on the war against Ukraine.

Anton Troianovski is the Moscow bureau chief for The Times. He writes about Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/china-russia-spies-documents-putin-war.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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Mar 12, 2025 -World

CIA director and Russian counterpart speak amid ceasefire push

CIA director John Ratcliffe spoke by phone Tuesday with the head of the Russian foreign intelligence agency (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin, a source familiar with the call confirmed to Axios.

Why it matters:This was the first call between the spy chiefs since President Trump assumed office. It came a day after Ukraine endorsed a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire and U.S. officials said the onus was now on Russia.

• Trump said Wednesday in an Oval Office meeting with Ireland's prime minister that "it's up to Russia now" to respond to the ceasefire proposal. "We are going to know very soon.

I've gotten some positive messages, but a positive message means nothing."

The big picture:The call was one of several conversations between U.S. and Russian officials expected to take place over the next few days.

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that the U.S. would brief Russia on Wednesday about the talks with the Ukrainians and the ceasefire proposal. "If they say 'no' it will tell us a lot," Rubio said.

• Rubio was speaking on a his flight to a G7 meeting in Canada from Saudi Arabia, where he and national security adviser Mike Waltz met with Ukrainian officials on Tuesday.

• Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow on Thursday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The other side:The Kremlin stressed on Wednesday it wants to hear directly from the U.S. before commenting on whether it agrees to the ceasefire.

• The Kremlin said it expects Rubio and Waltz to brief their Russian counterparts, and didn't rule out a Trump-Putin call.

Zoom in:The source said the purpose of Wednesday'scall between the spy chiefs was to establish a line of communication between Ratcliffe and Naryshkin.

• It is also part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to engage with Russia and improve relations with Moscow. The CIA did not comment.

• Russian news agencies first reported on the call, quoting a statement from the SVR.

• According to the statement,Naryshkin and Ratcliffe discussed cooperation between the two intelligence services "in areas of common interest and the resolution of crisis situations."

• The SVR said the two spy chiefsagreed "to maintain regular contacts…with the aim of helping to ensure international stability and security, as well as reducing confrontation in relations between Moscow and Washington."

State of play: The Trump administration restored arms shipments and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after Kyiv endorsed the ceasefire proposal.

• Ukrainian President Zelensky said on Wednesday he wants to use the 30-day ceasefire to draft a peace agreement.

• After weeks of pressuring Ukraine, U.S. officials now say the ball is now in Russia's court.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/12/cia-director-russia-call-trump-ceasefire-ukraine

Future proves past!Has the US ever announced the head of CIA, John Ratcliff and head of (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin, will work together, at any time?

NO they would really have never announced anything to do with these super secret agencies working together, and it seems to violate their top secret communications and activities.

Why announce it now in Trump's second term, when the America and Russia agencies, were agencies that always undermining each others from the start of the agencies? Deception was the weapon of choice since the beginning. The only reason it may be necessary, they have a mutual enemy, that introduces significant danger to the countries.

(This is unusual, they do talk quite often, but they don't join together in a long term projects).