The head of MI6 said there are Russians already spying on Vladimir Putins regime for the U.K. , and encouraged more to sign up.

Sir Richard Moore, speaking from the Czech Republics capital, Prague, on Wednesday, did not specify who he wanted to work on the intelligence agencys behalf, but called for more spy recruits.

He said: As they witness the venality, infighting and callous incompetence of their leaders the human factor at its worst many more Russians are wrestling with the same dilemmas and the same tugs of conscience as their predecessors did in 1968.

Thats a reference to how the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) was invaded by Soviet Union troops in 1968 in a bid to stop a series of reforms happening across the country.