Foreign Office by Michael Weiss

Foreign Office by Michael Weiss

The SVR Plan for Influencing the Russian Diaspora

Foreign Office has obtained a confidential document drafted a month ago by a senior official in Russian Foreign Intelligence

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Jan 24, 2026
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Below is a 15-page confidential document produced by Moscow State University’s Institute (MGIMO) of International Studies and intended for the Russian Federation’s Presidential Administration’s Directorate for Strategic Partnership, a new soft power unit within the Kremlin designed to advance Russian national interests through the promulgation of shared culture and language.

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