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Anna Chapman to reveal the “Secrets of the World”

January 19, 2011 Svetlana Smetanina
The former spy capitalizes on her popularity by trying her hand at showbusiness

Closing in on the FSB

January 12, 2011 Alexander von Hahn
The New Nobility, by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, may not contain any earth-shattering information, but provides a comprehensive overview of one of Russia's most dominant institutions.

My good life in London as a KGB agent

December 23, 2010 Andrei Vandenko, Itogi
A former spy recalls the golden age of espionage

The Lords Of The Ring

July 16, 2010 Eugene Ivanov
Here is an old Russian joke about a man who went on trial for making illegal (or "unlawful", as it's fashionable to say these days) alcohol.

Spy swap is sign of reset in US-Russian relations

July 13, 2010 Combined Reports: Kommersant, Vedomosti, Itogi
The swap story is unique in terms of the openness and remarkable ability to negotiate demonstrated by both sides

Anna Chapman: the girl every man wants

July 6, 2010 Svetlana Smetanina
Russian women have stunned the world again, but for a completely unexpected reason

Unnumbered agents

July 1, 2010 Vedomosti
A report by the US Justice Department on the arrest of ten alleged Russian spies said to be hunting for military and political information has aroused Moscow’s ire

Russia calls U.S. spy charges 'baseless,' regrets timing

July 1, 2010 Claire Bigg, RFE/RL
Russia's Foreign Ministry says the arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States includes Russian nationals and is a throwback to the Cold War.

Spy scandal in the United States: Unconvincing and unnecessary

July 1, 2010 Kirill Belyaninov, Vladimir Solovyov, Kommersant
On June 27 and 28, the FBI arrested 11 people suspected of spying for Russia. Each alleged spy is supposedly a sleeper agent of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

Tinker, tailor, housewife, spy

July 1, 2010 Tom Balmforth, Russia Profile
Were the spies who operated for years in American suburbia betrayed by a mole in their own service?

Russian spy suspect detained, released on bail in Cyprus

June 29, 2010 Russia Today TV Channel
The eleventh suspected member of an alleged Russian spy ring in the US was detained by police in Cyprus on Tuesday and immediately released on bail.