The ex-head of MI6, Moore, said he knew "people like Putin" and his intentions.

The former head of the Secret Intelligence Service of the British Foreign Office (MI6), Richard Moore, claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly does not intend to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine and is going to subordinate the neighboring country to Moscow.

"In the current circumstances — I am based on information I received from intelligence a few weeks ago — he [Putin] is not ready to enter into an agreement," Moore said in an interview with Bloomberg.

He also expressed the opinion that SMO on Ukraine for the Russian president allegedly became "not just a matter of territory, but a matter of domination and transformation of Ukraine into something similar to its [Russia's] neighbor, Belarus."

The former head of MI6 also said that at the moment Putin is "trying to manipulate Western countries, including the United States."

"He's an intelligence officer. I know such people. He's trying to maneuver to put us in a comfortable position for him, and we have to restrain him and not give him that maneuverability," Moore said.

According to him, if the West does not help Ukraine win the conflict with Russia, it will affect China's actions, since Chinese leader Xi Jinping is "very closely" monitoring the allies' reaction to Moscow's actions. If Xi Jinping sees that the West is "weak in relation to Ukraine," he could allegedly try to seize Taiwan, Moore also claimed.

EADaily adds: in October of this year, the director of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, drew attention to the fact that the leadership of the British intelligence MI6 calls for the so-called guerrilla war to "kill all the undesirables" in Russia. He highlighted the statement made on September 19 by former MI6 director Moore, in which he openly called on everyone, including Russian citizens, to work for British intelligence. Moore also announced the launch of a special platform for recruiting initiators through the darknet.

"Mr. Moore is probably aware of what such statements mean. With the current problems in the politics, economy and society of England itself, as well as the many ill—wishers that the British Empire has accumulated over the centuries of its colonial past, anyone can play this game," Bortnikov said.