From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or by the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB — kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived. Security expert Andrei Soldatov said the work of the Kremlin’s intelligence services, then and now, has been …
A man shot dead in Spain may be a Russian army defector Enlarge this image toggle caption Vladyslav Musiienko/AP Vladyslav Musiienko/AP SEVILLE, Spain — A man who was shot dead in the region of Alicante last week, in Spain, is believed to be a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year. But the police suspected from the beginning …
