NV looks at what is known about Ivanov. Ivanov was born in Leningrad in 1953 and was four months younger than Putin. He ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images In February 2025, Alnur Mussayev, a former Soviet and Kazakh security official, claimed in a Facebook post that U.S.

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In February 2025, Alnur Mussayev, a former Soviet and Kazakh security official, claimed in a Facebook post that U.S. President Donald Trump was recruited in 1987 by the KGB, the intelligence agency of ...

Russia’s main security agency is expanding its sweeping surveillance powers, deepening the state’s reach into economic and social life to suppress any risk of dissent to President Vladimir Putin. The ...

ONE of Vladimir Putin’s oldest and closest allies has died at the age of 73, after being dismissed from his governmental role ...

MINSK, 15 April (BelTA) – A joint meeting of the boards of the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia was held in Mogilev on 15 April, BelTA ...

October 21, 2025: Since Vladimir Putin took control of Russia over twenty years ago, he has set about trying to recreate the Soviet Union—not just its socialist government with him in charge, but also ...

The year was 1989, and I was having dinner at a Holiday Inn overlooking the ocean in Santa Monica, Calif. At the table were some strange bedfellows: William Colby, former director of the CIA; Ray ...

August 21, 2025: Since Vladimir Putin took control of Russia over twenty years ago, he has sought to recreate the Soviet Union—not only its socialist government with him in charge but also the ...