SVR
FSB to re-absorb SVR by end of 2010
July 28, 2010by Paul Goble An anonymous source in the Russian special services says that by the end of the year, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, the SVR, will be folded into the FSB as a main administration, thereby boosting the reach of the FSB almost...
Historical Palliatives for the Phantom-Limb Syndrome
August 25, 2009By Louis O’Neill Gallons of ink have been arrayed and countless electrons rearranged with commentary over the 70th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols. Scholars, politicians, human-rights defenders, and historians...
When Russia's Intelligence Services Play At Politics
August 21, 2009By Aleksandr Golts Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has made its contribution to the president’s recently declared struggle against the falsification of history. According to Interfax, the SVR has issued a collection of documents...
Moscow attempts to reinterpret the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 20, 2009By Pavel Felgenhauer Russian Manipulation of History: "the Art of Interpretation" To mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact by Russia (USSR) and Nazi Germany on August 23, 1939, the Foreign Intelligence...
Russia Special Services Again Play the ‘Jewish Card’ against Ukraine
July 09, 2009By Paul Goble For entirely understandable reasons, there has been much speculation but little serious discussion about the specific role Moscow’s intelligence services have played in relations between Russia and the former Soviet republics in...