Arild11 t1_isv651a wrote on October 18, 2022 at 10:51 PM

Reply to comment by axonxorz in Hong Kong protester dragged into Manchester Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up by AlxIp

I don't think anyone expected the FSB to act as utterly brazenly as they did, spraying nerve gas in a major Western town. That was unthinkable even during the height of the Cold War, and the KGB wouldn't ever have done it.

Dropping the ball means someone had an idea they had gone rogue state.

Arild11 t1_isnjqt4 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:15 AM

Reply to comment by kittenconfidential in Hong Kong protester dragged into Manchester Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up by AlxIp

Not much you can do about Putin, as he never leaves Kreml. But the FSB in the UK has been practically neutered since the attempted poisoning of the Skripals. The level of counter intelligence they've been facing is debilitating.