Russians will use 2012 Olympics to flood Britain with spies, claims Liam Fox

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Liam Fox last night sparked a row with Russia after claiming that the Kremlin was planning to use next year’s London Olympics as cover to flood Britain with spies.

The former Defence Secretary warned that Britain was powerless to prevent some ‘very unsavoury individuals’ entering the country under the guise of protecting Russia’s athletics team.

Dr Fox – privy to highly classified material from the intelligence services before he was forced to resign from the Cabinet in October – is one of the most senior political figures to speak publicly about the threat to Britain from Russia’s resurgent espionage activity. Last night, the Kremlin accused Fox of ‘paranoia’.

And in further controversial remarks, Dr Fox criticised the cost of the Games, arguing that the Trident nuclear programme was better value for money.

Dr Fox told an audience of Hammersmith and Fulham Conservatives: ‘We face a very large number of FSB agents [Russia’s successor organisation to the KGB] coming to London during the Olympics, including some very unsavoury individuals.

‘There’s no way we can do anything about that.

'When the Russians decide they have to send people to protect their team, they’ll choose a very large number of FSB people to do that.

'London’s going to be an interesting place next summer.’

His remarks, made on Tuesday night, follow last week’s rejection by an immigration panel of MI5’s claim that Russian parliamentary researcher Katia Zatuliveter was a ‘honeytrap’ spy placed in the office of Lib Dem defence expert Mike Hancock.

One former British diplomat in Moscow said: ‘There is an issue here of ensuring that the Olympics do not become an excuse for clandestine operations.’

But Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin, said: ‘We are not concerned about his opinion. That is typical paranoia.’

Dr Fox, who resigned over his links with lobbyist friend Adam Werritty, also queried why he was criticised for spending £20billion on replacing Trident – which ‘gives 35 years’ protection’ to the country – while no one objected to ‘spending £13billion on the Olympics for three weeks’.

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richard

And to think that this guy was once a high ranking minister in government. God help us!

The Russians are coming --- woooooooooo

Please -- Someone tell him to stop watching Spooks and James Bond movies. Calm down dear, calm down dear, it's all pretend

In view of the fact that we are no doubt buying much of our oil and gas from Russia nowadays thanks to the utter failings of our pathetically inefficient wind farms and total lack of alternative nuclear or coal powered power stations, someone ought to remind him to engage brain before opening his mouth, lest we get disconnected over the winter months whilst the contract price is renegotiated. One turn of the tap and it's all over.

Just remind me again why he resigned