Last Thursday, the Kremlin’s primary propaganda news outlet, RT, sent out a gift to critics of President Vladimir Putin — a chocolate replica of Salisbury Cathedral. It is a gift with meaning — a ...

President Vladimir Putin leads an elite increasing made up of KGB/FSB veterans (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) October 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- No one knows how many people were working for or with the KGB when ...

Monday’s marathon Congressional session about Moscow’s clandestine machinations during our 2016 election was one for the books. The directors of the FBI and NSA hardly ever speak jointly in open ...

As the Trump administration’s Russia problem shows no sign of going away, protesting presidential tweets notwithstanding, it’s time to think about it properly. Understanding what the Kremlin’s up to ...

A Russian general said a lot of interesting things. Interesting news is told by residents of Donetsk, who often visit a steam room in the pool of the former Dynamo sports centre together with an ...

The Soviet Union’s all-embracing police system had its origin about 35 years ago as an extraordinary emergency commission, called the Cheka, to combat sabotage and counter-revolutionary activities, In ...

In the former Soviet Union, mention of the word "chekist" could make the hair on some people's necks stand up. Now, a pair of barbers in the Belarusian capital are hoping that same term -- for secret ...