SAMARKAND, October 16. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has evidence that British intelligence agencies are plotting acts of sabotage against the TurkStream gas pipeline together with Ukraine, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand.

He also noted that incidents with alleged Russian drones spotted in European airspace point to the involvement of NATO’s intelligence agencies. According to Bortnikov, London and its "party of war" are pumping up the hysteria over the so-called threat from the East.

TASS has gathered the key points from what the FSB chief said.

On preparations for acts of sabotage against TurkStream

Russia’s FSB "has evidence" of British intelligence agencies working with Ukraine to prepare acts of sabotage against the TurkStream gas pipeline.