Russian intelligence services will launch a campaign against national movements in RussiaOLEKSANDR SHUMILIN — TUESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2022, 21:08Russian intelligence services are preparing a smear campaign against the leaders of the national and national liberation movements of the peoples of the Russian Federation in the near future.For this purpose, so-called "agents of influence" will disseminate beliefs about the terrorist or even Nazi-style tendencies of any national movements in the informational and political spheres in Russia and abroad.The regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin considers national liberation movements as one of the key threats to the unity and even the very existence of Russia.In addition, [it aims to] to form a negative attitude towards the peoples of the Russian Federation within Ukrainian society, who suffer from their imperial politics.Background: On 25 September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia is using mobilisation to kill members of the indigenous populations of occupied Crimea as well as of the Caucasus, Siberia and other territories of the Russian Federation."