To endure hardships and hardships, not to set foot on one's native land for a long time, to live someone else's life - this is the calling of a scout who has erected the interests of the motherland and the state into the cornerstone. Who is Vyacheslav Trubnikov? This is what we will talk about today.
Biography
Trubnikov Vyacheslav Ivanovich grew up in an ordinary, unremarkable family. Father is a fitter, mother is a housewife. In wartime, the family was evacuated from Moscow, and then returned. In 1961, Vyacheslav Ivanovich brilliantly passed the last exams of the physics and mathematics school and decided to enter MGIMO. In 1967, he defended the diploma of an assistant in the countries of the East.
Since 1967, Trubnikov worked for the security service in the intelligence apparatus. In 1968 he completed his studies at the KGB school and three years later he went on a long business trip abroad (until 1977) under an assumed pseudonym and with a new story. Vyacheslav Ivanovich Trubnikov arrived in India as a correspondent for the Novosti agency. The business trip contributed to a career take-off. After the Central Intelligence Agency, he worked as a resident in Dhaka and Delhi. Since 1990, he became the head of various departments of PSU, but did notstayed in this position for a long time. A year later, he became deputy director of the CSR, and then deputy director of the foreign intelligence service and became a colonel general.
In 1996, there was a serious turn in the biography of Vyacheslav Trubnikov, he took the post of director of the foreign intelligence service, and also became a member of the Defense and Security Council and took up the temporary emergency commission to strengthen tax and budgetary discipline. Since 1997, Trubnikov received the post of foreign policy adviser, a little later he took up a representative commission to combat illegal financial and foreign exchange transactions. In 1998 he received the highest military rank of army general. In 1999, he was presented by a closed presidential decree to the title of Hero of Russia. From 2000 to 2004, in the rank of federal minister, he replaced the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2004, he became the Russian ambassador to India. In 2009, he retired as a senior research fellow. At the same time, Vyacheslav Ivanovich supports social activities by speaking at various government events.
About the political situation
Vyacheslav Ivanovich believes that the current political situation is rooted in the past. After the collapse of the USSR, the political elite experienced euphoria from the warming of relations, in fact it was a temporary calm before the storm. Western countries assigned Russia a place as second fiddle, while the state elite and the country itself positioned themselves differently.
In his interview to the television channel "Russia 24" Trubnikovnotes that our country has a rich history, we have something to be proud of, and we are rightfully equal participants in relations. He considers the main missed opportunity of that period to be the insufficient building of relations with Eastern countries.
About intelligence
Trubnikov Vyacheslav Ivanovich considers intelligence to be an art, and at the everyday level - a craft. He argues that intelligence is a tool. For the Russian Federation, it serves as a test of relations, helps to understand with whom it is worth building relationships and with whom it is not necessary. In the interview, he also compared intelligence officers and journalists, mentioning that they are looking for a source of information, but they use different tools. The former head of intelligence divides intelligence officers into ordinary and talented people, arguing that this business requires creativity, deep analysis and unconventional thinking.
About the mass conspiracy theory
Trubnikov Vyacheslav Ivanovich is sure that there can be no collusion between transnational corporations and other financial apparatuses. The state intelligence of other countries does not work for the financial elite. At the same time, large corporations have their own intelligence and lobbies, which does not mean that there is collusion.
Attitude towards Snowden
Former intelligence officer claims that Snowden is not an agent of Russia, and that assistance was provided to him out of humane motives. Considers him an idealist who fights alone with the whole system.
About the East and partnership
Trubnikov Vyacheslav Ivanovich spent a very long time on business trips in the East and knows firsthand about hisculture. He notices that these countries are excellent partners and comply with the conditions exactly as much as we do, although as negotiators they are more difficult than Western states.
About terrorism
As a former head of intelligence, Vyacheslav Ivanovich believes that terrorism must be fought on several fronts. Not only to bomb bases, but also to exclude the cultivation of destructive elements on the territory of the Russian Federation.
He believes that a terrorist appears where a normal person does not have a job. This is a problem for many countries, and before tackling this issue, it is necessary to give a general international concept of terrorism.
Future trends
In his recent speech, Vyacheslav Trubnikov noted that the fundamental vector of development is geo-economics. Next comes geopolitics. As an example, he cited the situation with India's partial purchase of military equipment from the United States, noting that we cannot ensure the proper quality of products in all areas. Trubnikov urged the political and financial elite of Russia to pay more attention to the quality of their products and to analyze in advance the needs of our key partners.
