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Putin Congratulates Soviet Secret Agent Blake With 90th Birthday

Source: RIA Novosti, Nov 11 2012, 2:58am CST

MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated UK double agent George Blake who worked for the Soviet Union and the KGB with his 90th birthday, the Kremlin press office ...

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Putin to Meet with Serbian President

Source: RIA Novosti  |   May 23 2013, 9:16pm CDT

MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday, the Kremlin reported. Nikolic will pay a working visit t ...

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17 hours ago

Life Under the KGB's Watchful Eye in 1980s Russia

Source: The Atlantic  |   May 23 2013, 8:57am CDT

Last week, Russia expelled an American diplomat, accusing him of being a spy for the CIA. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that U.S. Embassy Third Secretary Ryan Fogle had been caught red-handed with disguises, spy equipment, and wads of c ...

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27 weeks ago


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"In any circumstances, you always demonstrated self-possession, readiness for responsible and tense work and serious trials, and always successfully implemented the tasks assigned to you. You and your colleagues have made a big contribution to preserving peace, ensuring security and strategic parity"


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Council of Europe Concerned About Russia's Human-Rights Record

Source: Voice of America  |   May 22 2013, 10:58am CDT

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland addresses news conference, Kiev, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo. Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland addresses news conference, Kiev, Sept. 10, 2012 file photo. M ...

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2 days ago

Gazprom Finds Little Reason to Celebrate on its 20th Birthday

Source: OilPrice.com  |   May 21 2013, 5:02pm CDT

Russia's biggest company turned 20 this year. But at Gazprom, there appears to be little cause for celebration. The state-controlled natural gas monopoly, which was established as a publicly traded corporation in 1993, recently ...

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Russia's Putin out to silence independent voices: pollster

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 21 2013, 3:01pm CDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting on shipbuilding industries in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, May 21, 2013. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading polling group said on Tuesday it would fight to ...

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Russian officer ‘posed at Putin’s desk to impress girls’

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 21 2013, 8:59am CDT

MOSCOW: Russia’s federal guard service launched an investigation after photos appeared in the media of a disgraced former employee posing behind Vladimir Putin’s desk in the Kremlin, an official said on Tuesday. Pictures of the man, named ...

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3 days ago

Russia Foils Terror Attack on Moscow

Source: Rantburg  |   May 20 2013, 11:29pm CDT

[Naharnet] Russian security services said Monday they had foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another. "Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital," the National Anti-Te ...

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3 days ago

Polling Group in Russia Says It May Close

Source: The New York Times  |   May 20 2013, 7:36pm CDT

MOSCOW — In recent years, when public opinion turned against the Kremlin, there was one main way to find out about it — the Levada Center , a respected group of sociologists who broke off their relationship with Vladimir V. Putin ’s administrat ...

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3 days ago

Secrets of the spy game revealed

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer  |   May 20 2013, 7:15pm CDT

It's entirely possible that the West owes its triumph in the Cold War, at least in part, to a dead rat. Freeze-dried, with a secret compartment built into its belly, the rat was one of many contrivances used by Central Intelligence Agenc ...

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