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20 Years Later, the Greatest Sci-Fi Series Just Dropped A Twist Nobody Saw Coming

The greatest sci-fi drama is also a great spy drama, too. Two seasons and twenty years later, 'For All Mankind' just paid off a big plot twist.

Inverse

A US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana's importance in the world of spying

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 4, 2023, that Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. government employee, had been arrested and faced federal charges for secretly acting for decades as an agent of the Cuban government. Rocha joined the State Department in 1981 and served for over 20…

The Conversation

After Maestro, Bradley Cooper Has Lined Up A Reunion With American Hustle Co-Star Christian Bale

Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale will star in a spy thriller called Best of Enemies.

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US will ‘lose face before world’ if it abandons Kyiv, says ex-Ukraine president

Exclusive: Leonid Kuchma describes history behind Putin’s attack as new edition of his 2003 book Ukraine Is Not Russia is published

The Guardian - UK

Key Moments In Vladimir Putin's Rule

From the rise of the former KGB officer to the Kremlin to his invasion of Ukraine, AFP looks at key moments in the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is bidding to remain in power until 2030.

International Business Times

35 People Who Successfully Cheated The System by Pretending To Belong (New Pics)

Someone confident, cunning, and well-versed in psychology has a good chance of successfully impersonating others. Here's what that looks like in practice. The post 35 People Who Successfully Cheated The System by Pretending To Belong (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda

Free speech groups criticise German ban on Russian journalists’ book

Russian businessman claims book defamed him, while authors say aim is to destroy their reputation

The Guardian - UK

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How Ukraine’s secret agents re-learned the art of shadow warfare

New revelations in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in September 2022 have strengthened the case for Kyiv’s involvement, with a controversial Ukrainian secret agent alleged to have been the brains behind the operation. Although Kyiv continues to deny responsibility, there is little doubt that the Ukrainian intelligence…

France 24

Rumoured Russian spy couple convicted of stealing identities of dead babies

Bobby Fort and Julie Montague face up to 10 years behind bars

The Independent UK

Former KGB double agent can sue crime agency over revealing identity

Boris Karpichkov is taking legal action after alleging he received death threats after his name and address were given to the Latvian authorities.

The Independent UK

Ex-Russian spy can sue UK crime agency for ‘revealing new identity’, court rules

Boris Karpichkov, former name of double agent, is suing the National Crime Agency for revealing new identity

The Independent UK

A fake Ryanair hijack – and the fear that has stalked Belarus’s people ever since

When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile

The Guardian - UK

From brave women to fake heads, UK show explores the many facets of spying

Imperial War Museum exhibition will tell story of Noor Inayat Khan as it recounts tales of courage, ingenuity and deception

The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh victory highlights limits of Russia’s power

With Moscow’s resources ‘clearly finite’ the Kremlin has had to adapt to Baku’s rising power

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Video emerges of Vladimir Putin in shell suit on 1990s Finland trip

Putin seen playing table tennis and accompanying then mayor of St Petersburg on fishing trip

WEKU

Meet the man leading the front-line effort in Ukraine's cyber war with Russia

Illia Vitiuk is a top Ukrainian intelligence official. For him, the war with Russia is primarily in cyberspace — and in a rare exclusive interview with NPR, he says it's far from over.

Al Jazeera

Will Russia’s Putin benefit from Prigozhin’s presumed plane crash death?

The Wagner Group leader was listed as a passenger of a plane that crashed on Wednesday, but his death is unconfirmed.

France 24

Soviet spies in Africa: How the KGB expanded Russian influence during the Cold War

Russian influence in Africa has deep historical roots, from supporting an attempted coup in Ghana to spreading fake political news in Algeria and training African fighters in Crimea. FRANCE 24 looks back on four little-known Soviet operations aimed at furthering Russian interests in Africa during the Cold War

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France 24

From Khrushchev’s KGB to Putin: the deep roots of Russian influence in Africa

When Russian President Vladimir Putin develops his network of influence in Africa, he isn’t doing so at random. He is drawing on the rich history of Soviet relations with African countries that dates back to the 1960s and the efforts made by Russian spies during the Cold War to counter…

Evening Standard

Cillian Murphy’s best films ahead of Oppenheimer, from 28 Days Later to Inception

From Irish war films to DC blockbusters, Murphy has made some incredible films

Al Jazeera

Can Putin recover from the Wagner mutiny?

Russia’s elites are distancing themselves from Putin, even if they won’t revolt just yet, say analysts.

The Week

What will Russia look like after Putin?

Analysts are forecasting that Vladimir Putin’s two-decade stint at Russia’s helm could be nearing its end after the attempted coup staged by the Wagner Group.

The National (Scotland)

Italy's secret service monitoring Lebedev villa at time of Boris Johnson visit

ITALY’S secret intelligence service were monitoring the Lebedev family’s luxury villa at the time Boris Johnson visited while serving as foreign…

The Guardian - UK

Links to the KGB? Come on, guys. Lord Lebedev just wants to be a public servant

Stop banging on about lapdog politicians and garden parties for the powerful. Why can’t we just see Evgeny as a great success, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Russian roulette: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group rebellion sputters out but the Ukraine war continues

During the failed August 1991 putsch in Russia, the good guys were reformers Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. The bad guys were an incompetent claque of the military and KGB within the Politburo and the rebellion fizzled when Yeltsin climbed on that tank in Moscow. The Kremlin’s nukes were kept…

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