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Russia's KGB secretly working with environmentalists
6/20/2014 11:21:21 AM
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), and former premier of Denmark, told the Chatham House thinktank in London on Thursday that Vladimir Putin's government was behind attempts to discredit fracking, according to reports, writes The Guardian.
Rasmussen said: "I have met allies who can report that Russia, as part of their sophisticated information and disinformation operations, engaged actively with so-called non-governmental organisations - environmental organisations working against shale gas - to maintain European dependence on imported Russian gas."
Rasmussen made clear that fracking should be used, in his view, to increase Europe's energy security, by providing a new source of gas and oil supply.
Nato's press office said the remarks were Rasmussen's personal views, not official policy.
Nato was originally formed at the start of the Cold War as an alliance of western states, including the US and many European nations, and historically has often opposed Russia. Rasmussen himself has spoken out previously against Russia's war in Ukraine.
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