FSB
Are the dirty tricks of Russia’s FSB getting even dirtier?
If your toilet is full of excrement that you don’t remember depositing there yourself, you may be the victim of…
Evan Gershkovich – a pawn in the complex game of hostage diplomacy
When the American-born journalist was making plans to move to Moscow in 2023, he little thought he’d become a major news story himself
Pain passed down: a portrait of Russia and the war that dare not speak its name
Seierstad’s new book has an antihero as its central figure, whose story, and that of Russia itself, is above all about violence and its corollaries: pain, callousness, neglect and always, everywhere, alcohol. While the other heroic Russians are not ignored, this is essentially a salutary read
The real reason for Putin’s intelligence shake-up
It has been reported this week that Vladimir Putin is shifting responsibility for covert operations in Ukraine to a different…
Murder most foul
On 1 November 2006 Alexander Litvinenko, ex-KGB officer and by then a British citizen, met two of his former colleagues,…
James Bond
For fans of the franchise who remain unconvinced by Daniel Craig’s time on her majesty’s secret service, the stories leaking…
