The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed as baseless claims by a British intelligence agency chief that Russia is acting in “increasingly aggressive ways” and using new technologies against the West.

The head of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency Andrew Parker, on Monday said Russia is “using its whole range of state organs and powers to push its foreign policy abroad in increasingly aggressive ways — involving propaganda, espionage, subversion and cyber-attacks.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday that Russia “could not agree” with Parker’s claims.

“We have repeatedly commented on cyber-attacks: as long as someone does not provide evidence, any statements — be they by the head of MI5, the president of the United States and other decision-makers — we will consider unfounded and baseless,” Peskov said.

“We cannot take any of these unfounded allegations into account.”

Peskov added that Russia is using methods to “promote and defend its interests abroad” but they were in line with international law and focused on building “good and mutually beneficial relations with all partners”.

Source: AFP