The new chief of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, will warn of “the acute threat posed by Russia” when she makes her first public speech later. She will highlight so-called hybrid warfare, which includes incidents such as cyber attacks and drones suspected of being launched near critical infrastructure by Russian proxies.Ms Metreweli will describe this as “an acute threat posed by an aggressive, expansionist and revisionist Russia”.Referring to the war in Ukraine, she will insist that Britain will be keeping up the pressure on President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine’s behalf.Ms Metreweli, who took over as head of the Secret Intelligence Service in the autumn, is the first woman to head Britain’s overseas spy agency. She took over from Sir Richard Moore on 1 October.Monday’s speech will point to the recent sanctioning of Russian entities accused of conducting information warfare, as well as two China-based companies sanctioned for their “indiscriminate cyber activities against the UK and its allies”.Western sanctions have certainly damaged Russia’s economy, driving its exports eastwards towards China and India. But they have singularly failed to change President Putin’s determination to wage war on Ukraine until it gives in to his demands for territory and ultimately, loyalty to Moscow.It is also clear from Ms Metreweli’s speech that a special area of interest for the new spy chief is technology.Having joined MI6 in 1999, she has arrived at the top job via Q Branch. Named after the fictional MI6 division in Ian Fleming’s spy books, this is the real life, in-house, top secret part of the Secret Intelligence Service that designs the sorts of gadgets and gizmos that enable agents to communicate with their handlers, without being detected and caught.In her speech later she is expected to call on all her in …
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