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Originally Posted by Žorkell
Having said that I can see Russia running some risks with espionage. However if we're assuming the same history as in our timeline I have some comments. Currently the GDP of Russia is similar to that of Mexico, Australia, Spain or South Korea. While they aspire to Great Power stature it is hard to see how they could achieve that in the short run. However if we assume that they see a supersoldier program as some sort of prestige item that will make the Americans take note of them and make the Americans have to take Russia into account while taking action I can see the Russians making an effort. Whether that will be through the FSB or some sort of semi-official way is something that you'll have to decide. Now that I think of it, I wonder if they could do it through the Russian Business Network, or something similar to that.
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That's a pretty reasonable analysis for why Russia would be among the first candidates. They aspire to Great Power status without the GDP to support it and have a history of disproportionate investment in intelligence operations and military projects to boost their international status.
That being said, I'm interested in knowing about possibilities relating to other nation states than China, Russia, UK and US. I'm pretty sure that someone in South or Central America has the intelligence capability to be a factor in the campaign when the former test subjects are on the run in Mexico and at least some of them have been working behind the scenes to arrange for asylum somewhere.