KGB agents in the US and elsewhere would wander ... the ultra-cerebral world of the spymaster and the action man world of Spetsnaz [special forces]," Mr Galeotti says. He would later, in 1981 ...

In communist times, the KGB became a byword in the West for Soviet ... As well as running agents, the GRU has its own spetsnaz (special ops) commandos, whose mission is to conduct reconnaissance ...

10 at the age of 87. Doder’s accurate reporting took the media by surprise to such a degree that it resulted in an accusation from Time magazine he was a KGB asset. Doder later sued for libel ...

While we examine the effects on the different branches of the Russian military post-Ukraine, we should explore how the gutting of Russia’s elite forces, airborne, naval infantry, and Spetsnaz ...

But he was also "Brok", a spy for Russia's KGB intelligence agency. Extensive proof of Grumbach's duplicitous life can be found in the so-called Mitrokhin archives - named after the Soviet major ...

The following is an excerpt from Mark Galeotti's book, "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine." Most countries' special forces emphasize physical fitness, determination and aggression. Russia's ...

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Here's why. Vladimir Kara-Murza: I think Russia deserves so much better than to live under a corrupt, repressive criminal, archaic KGB-led dictatorship. But change is not gonna happen unless we do ...