Russian intelligence services (FSB, GRU, SVR) function as corporations integrated with defense sector conglomerates and profit from state corruption and kleptocracy, making prolonged conflict in Ukraine economically beneficial to these services and their associated military-industrial networks
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Shawn WestwesterEvidence Quote
“the FSB, the GRU, the SVR, they are tied in with huge conglomerates and interests in the defense sector...being at war in Ukraine is in the interest of the FSB, the GRU, the SVR. They're making money off of it”
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Inside Russian Intelligence: CIA Insider on Putin’s Playbook, Ukraine & the Next War— The Cipher BriefCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:23:34 PM
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