Russia Still Fields Cold War Army of Spies
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In the five years since former KGB spy Vladimir Putin assumed power, the number of Russian spies has swelled to meet or exceed Cold War levels in the United States and Germany, according to Western media ...
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Former KGB officers are now running Russia's government, just as they did during Andropov's reign, and the Kremlin's image - another Andropov specialty - continues to be more important than people's real lives ...
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It's a murder mystery filled with intrigue reminiscent of the Cold War _ there's a retired Russian spy poisoned by a radioactive substance, a secret dossier, a slain investigative journalist and a shadowy ...Comment
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Israel has sent intelligence officers to Russia and is hosting at least two senior Russian officers in Tel Aviv &#151; quietly moving to upgrade anti-terror cooperation with Moscow in the wake of a series of devastating attacks in Russia, officials told The Associated Press.
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A Cold War bomber base lurks near the charming city of Saratov, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
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Russian soldiers in World War II-style uniforms slogged through early winter slush Tuesday to re-enact the Soviet Union's defeat of Adolf Hitler's armies in the Battle of Moscow near the Russian capital 63 years ago.
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See forgotten Cold War-era amusements in all their glory.
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U.S. military officials on Monday gave Russia a videotape and other archival materials on the Soviet K-129 submarine, whose sinking in 1968 is one of the lingering mysteries of the Cold War.
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Russia keeps up a freeze on vital links with Georgia, despite the release of four alleged Russian spies.
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Russia has not "slammed the door" on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, even though it has pulled out of the pact, Russian media quoted the country's foreign minister as saying on Friday.
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The future location of the U.S.  anti-missile shield in Poland is still an official secret but  in the northern city of Slupsk the locals already know they may  live next to it.
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Russia and the United States see eye to eye on fighting terrorism, Russia&#39;s defense minister said yesterday, while reiterating that Moscow reserves the right to carry out
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Russia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.
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To subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here Yes, thereâs only been story in the news this week. Rogue Russian agents have apparently been racing around the UK, knocking off ex-KGB spies, and endangering sushi chefs, flight attendants and Italian Academics, using rare radioactive isotopes. The fact that it was Polonium 210 that was used to permanently shut-up former KGB man Alexander Litvinenko was taken as proof of Russian state involvement. Only past poison experts such as the KGB had access to such a devastating material, it was reasoned. Well, only them and anyone with a web connection, a credit card and the web address for United Nuclear. So, beware come office party season. If the cocktails look a little more lurid than usual, someone may well be settling scores.â¦
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KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky is honoured with the same title held by fictional spook James Bond.
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MOSCOW It will soon be 10 years since Boris Yeltsin launched the first war in Chechnya, and five years since Vladimir Putin resumed it.
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With Russia out of the arms control CFE treaty, it can build up forces in border areas and protect itself from the U.S.