(VOVworld) – Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday hailed the country's secret services for foiling around 30 planned attacks and uncovering more than 320 foreign spies in 2015.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) looks on during the Federal Security Servicemens Day on December 19, 2015 in Moscow (Photo: AFP)

In a speech on the Federal Security Service Day on Saturday, Mr. Putin said the counter-intelligence service has identified more than 320 traitorous officers and agents of foreign secret services. Putin stressed the world situation is getting complicated and tension has escalated in the Middle East and other regions, terrorist activities are directly threatening to Russia. Putin also mentioned another global hotspot, Syria, where Russia in September began a campaign of air strikes against "terrorists" to support the regime of ally Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. He said the Russian army was "far from using all its capabilities in Syria," assuring that "additional funds could be released if necessary" for the military effort there.