May 23, 2024 - On 26 December 2016, Erovinkin ... car in Moscow. He was 61 years old. While no cause of death was announced, local media sources reported that foul play was suspected. The morgue reported no cause of death (although Erovinkin's last employer, Rosneft, claimed he died of a heart attack).

2 weeks ago - In an historic joint interview with the head of the CIA, Richard Moore said Moscow is now using criminal gangs for state-sponsored terror attacks in Europe.

During the early days of Silicon Valley, a tech industry entrepreneur teamed up with the FBI to ship faulty devices to Moscow.

Filip Kovacevic examines a remarkable document that demonstrates what kept senior Soviet counterintelligence officials awake at night (and alert during the day) in the first decade of the Cold War.

February 3, 2018 - What is the FSB and how have Russia's spies amassed so much power?

November 9, 2022 - All of Russia’s bureaucrats, from ministers to FSB generals to regional officials, now face the same uncertain future.

Russia’s failures are a result of outdated Soviet attitudes and ideas that cannot keep up with the evolving intelligence environment.

2 days ago - Another associate, Leonid Volkov, said that the FSB "can't do the only job it really should be doing: preventing a real, nightmarish terrorist attack." Novaya Gazeta Europe's chief editor, Kirill Martynov, criticized Putin for dismissing Western intelligence warnings and focusing resources ...

2 weeks ago - Dozens of pages of chat logs introduced in U.S. court proceedings reveal Russian security service officers discussing their efforts to sow political discord in the United States, as well as exchanging banter about everything from tensions with their superiors over the invasion of Ukraine.

June 11, 2024 - Ukrainian and Western spy agencies have intensified the recruitment of agents to carry out attacks inside Russia, the FSB chief has said

August 19, 2022 - A trove of sensitive materials obtained by Ukrainian and other security services and reviewed by The Washington Post offers rare insight into the activities of the FSB, a sprawling security service that bears enormous responsibility for the failed Russian war plan and the hubris that propelled it.

February 28, 2023 - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the FSB domestic security service on Tuesday to step up its activity to counter what he said was increasing espionage and sabotage against Russia by Ukraine and the West.

October 16, 2015 - Was there a fourth mole in the U.S. intelligence system that blew these secret agents' covers?

July 29, 2024 - When and why intelligence agencies target foreign leaders—and how it often backfires.

December 1, 2017 - Russia's security agency has a wide remit, guarding borders, catching spies and arresting activists deemed subversive

March 5, 2024 - Did Russian intelligence mislead Putin about Ukraine’s capabilities or did they just tell him what he wanted to hear?

2 days ago - In 1991, Litvinenko was promoted ... counter-terrorist activities and infiltration of organised crime. He was awarded the title of "MUR veteran" for operations conducted with the Moscow criminal investigation department, the MUR. Litvinenko also saw active military service in many of the so-called ...

The KGB played an important role in furthering Soviet foreign policy objectives abroad. In addition to straightforward intelligence collection and counterintelligence, the KGB participated in the Kremlin's program of active measures. KGB officials also contributed to foreign policy decision making.