[Research purpose]Against the backdrop of a severe international situation,the structure of Russia's foreign intelligence work has become clearer.Many new materials have been released,presenting new characteristics.Studying them can provide new references for understanding the role of foreign intelligence work in serving the national strategy.[Research method]By studying the first-hand materi-als such as archives,laws and policy documents,it analyzes Russia's foreign intelligence work from four aspects:strategic positioning,working mechanism,work direction,and basic characteristics,and presents the basic appearance and development trend of contemporary Russia's foreign intelligence work.[Research conclusion]The strategic positioning and target orientation of Russia's foreign intelligence work have transformed to focusing on maintaining specific national interests in the international space,with the attribute of assisting in pre-dicting the international situation and ensuring the response to security threats,providing information support for military actions and diplo-matic decisions,creating conditions for the implementation of national security measures and the development of social economy.It atta-ches importance to"intelligence diplomacy",public opinion deterrence,technological and scientific factors and individual factors,presen-ting characteristics such as flexibility and pragmatism,combination of offense and defense,equal emphasis on open and covert channels,enhancing historical narrative and cognitive domain active combat,and becoming an effective complement to official diplomatic channels and a powerful weapon in hybrid warfare.
foreign intelligence workinternational cooperationnational securityintelligence diplomacyRussiaForeign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation
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