article_snippet: President Vladimir Putin has accused Western spies of plotting to undermine President Vladimir Putin rule and attempting to 'destabilise' Russia before the elections at a meeting of the Federal Security Service earlier today .
article_snippet: President Vladimir Putin has accused Western spies of plotting to undermine his rule and trying to 'destabilise' Russia before the elections at a meeting of the Federal Security Service earlier today.
article_snippet: Public organisations are being used by Western security services to achieve Public organisations own goals, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Federal Security Service earlier today.
article_snippet: In the speech President Vladimir Putin said: 'The attempts by Western security services to use public, non-governmental organisations and non-political groups for public, non-governmental organisations and non-political groups own benefit, mostly to discredit the authorities and destabilise the situation in Russia, have not stopped. '
article_snippet: President Vladimir Putin approved a law to force non-governmental organisations that engage in 'political activity' to register with the Justice Ministry as 'foreign agents' and file a report to officials every quarter in 2012.
article_snippet: Critics claimed it was a move designed to try and silence groups that criticised President Vladimir Putin human rights record.
article_snippet: President Vladimir Putin new comments mean that Moscow will not relax their scrutiny of non-governmental groups that receive foreign funding.
article_snippet: During the meeting President Vladimir Putin also praised Russian security services for thwarting the work of more than 300 foreign spies and agents, and said it was 'especially important' to tighten procedures to protect state secrets.
highlights_snippet: Praised officials for thwarting work of more than 300 foreign spies .