Kremlin Still Sees US as Main Global Adversary, Says Estonian Intelligence Service

Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia’s foreign intelligence service, says the Russians want talks with Kyiv to drag on because they think ‘time is on their side.’

Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Kaupo Rosin, pictured during an interview, in Tallinn, Estonia, on Dec. 17, 2024. Janis Laizans/Reuters

Russia is feigning interest in peace talks over Ukraine and still sees the United States as its “foremost global adversary,” Estonia’s ‍foreign intelligence service, Valisluureamet, said in its annual report on Tuesday.

The report states the Kremlin has been trying to frame European states as more hostile to it than Washington and has instructed Russian state institutions “to project openness and willingness to cooperate” with the United States.