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MI5 advertising for Russian-speaking spies

Tuesday, 17 February 2015 6:39 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 17 February 2015 6:39 PM ]

UK intelligence agencies are advertising to employ Russian-speaking spies.

British intelligence agencies are advertising to employ Russian-speaking spies amid growing tensions between London and Moscow.

The spies will be paid £30,000 a year. Their job will deal with “terrorism,” “espionage” and “potential threats” to Britain’s security, with the possibility of postings abroad.

MI5, MI6 and GCHQ have posted online adverts for the job, Russia Today reported.

The spies will be asked to contribute to the government’s policy on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Relations between Russia and the UK have already been strained over the 2006 murder of a former KGB spy in London.

British investigators have accused two Russians of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko . They have asked Russian authorities to extradite the two suspects, one of them a member of Russia’s parliament.

Russia has refused the requests denying the allegations as baseless.

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