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KGB

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 21:54 UTC

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9 days ago

KGB defector turned to Britain only after US rejected him several times, book reveals

found 2025 › Jun › 14 (Sat) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Vasili Mitrokhin defected in 1992 after spending years copying top-secret documents on Soviet spies and operations

One of the most consequential Russian defectors in history was turned away several ti…

17 days ago

The James Bond-style Soviet spy cameras disguised as everyday objects for use in the Cold War

found 2025 › Jun › 06 (Fri) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The gadgets, which include cameras disguised as folders, briefcases, and more, were built for use by the KGB, the Stasi, and other Eastern Bloc spy agencies.

20 days ago

A bright yellow minibus, a force 9 gale in the Baltic and a gang of heavies with Kalashnikovs: how MI6 extracted a KGB colonel and double agent from under the Russians' noses - with his wife, son and senile mother-in-law in tow

found 2025 › Jun › 03 (Tue) @ 16:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Even with decades of experience between them, the two middle-aged spies were on edge. They were about to attempt something that had never been done before in the history of MI6.

38 days ago

‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son – podcast

found 2025 › May › 16 (Fri) @ 05:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

For the first time, the man the KGB codenamed ‘the Inheritor’ tells his story

By Shaun Walker. Read by James Faulkner

42 days ago

‘It was just the perfect game’: Henk Rogers on buying Tetris and foiling the KGB

found 2025 › May › 12 (Mon) @ 08:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The man who brought Tetris to the west reveals what the movie of his life got right and wrong, how he influenced Nintendo, and why he has now swapped gaming for climate change campaigning

When game de…

45 days ago

Vladimir Putin: After 25 years in power, what next for Russia’s president?

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 08:05 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

From chasing rats as a child to the KGB, how 72-year-old Putin came to power - and what drives him now.

60 days ago

The TRUTH about Hitler's suicide and whether he had one testicle is revealed in bombshell new book detailing Fuhrer's grisly end

found 2025 › Apr › 24 (Thu) @ 08:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Top German forensic expert Professor Klaus Püschel has drawn upon long-buried secret Soviet autopsy files, KGB archive material and never-before-seen photos of Hitler's skull.

64 days ago