Readers should remember that no foreign intelligence service, especially one as globally renowned as SVR, ever makes public statements about foreign issues of significance just for the sake of it.
If previously burned, CIA could potentially also be seeding the information space with disinformation, as usual with the objective of making adversaries appear foolish or untrustworthy. There's probably a double-fake version of this ploy too.
Barring a dead body carrying an ultra secret document in a shot down plane, publishing a report may be the next best thing.
If previously burned, CIA could potentially also be seeding the information space with disinformation, as usual with the objective of making adversaries appear foolish or untrustworthy. There's probably a double-fake version of this ploy too.