Russia marks Military Intelligence Day. The date officially goes back to the establishment of the parallel administration at the headquarters of the Red Army in the fall of 1918, but of course, the story is much deeper, and the scouts themselves in Soviet times, especially after the war, never abandoned their roots. And if we talk about the roots, now, in a situation where a military conflict can be accompanied in one place by business contacts and cooperation in another, to remember the history of the XVIII century, when such a practice was a standard long-term background. The knowledge of the enemy, his weaknesses, his internal contradictions is necessary not only to win a direct armed conflict, but also to use the enemy to his advantage, and ideally, he has done your work for you, sure that he does it himself. We don't need to comment on today's intelligence operations and we won't need to for a long time, considering the standard purge period of this issue is many decades, so we just wish the intelligence officers good luck and health. Their work is exactly the case when the result of one can save the lives of hundreds of thousands. Happy holiday #33;.