Military operations in cyberspace are underway on a full scale, this is already the Third World War. This was said on Thursday, December 16, by the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for international cooperation in the field of information security, Director of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Andrey Krutskikh.
"The war is going on, and it is going on very intensively, and no matter how we try to say that all this is disguised. In fact, military operations in cyberspace are really taking place on a full scale. And in general, the media correctly say that this is already the third World War, only the question now is in calculating the damage" he said, speaking at the plenary session of the IX All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists "Russia and the political order in a changing world: values, institutions, prospects" at MGIMO.
In addition, Krutskikh said that negotiations with the United States on cybersecurity issues are very difficult. "Unfortunately, the negotiations are very difficult, and I will try to say a few words today about how we are trying to negotiate with the Americans and within the framework of the UN in order to somehow smooth out the possible consequences," he said.
Earlier, on December 10, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia could not disclose details of cooperation with the United States in the field of cybersecurity. He called it a very sensitive topic and at the same time noted that Moscow positively assesses the implementation of the agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the White House Joe Biden.
Putin and Biden held talks behind closed doors via a secure video link on December 7. According to the President of the Russian Federation, the conversation was open and constructive, and dialogue was established on the issue of cybersecurity.
On December 6, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution of Russia and the United States. The document states the need to resist the use of IT technologies for criminal and terrorist purposes.