What we have discovered is that an essential elements of foreign interference is this transformation of our elites, political elites, of course, but also economic elites and cultural elites, into a kind of supermarket where you can come with your big companies and offer money to get them to work for you. They come and work for you, be it Gazprom or Huawei, with their networks, their relationships, their knowledge of internal affairs, and it allows incredible influence over your own political decisions.
On April 21st, 2023. See this statement in context.