A former British diplomat has told Newsweek that the reported re-emergence of SMERSH was "inevitable" given Vladimir Putin's comments about cracking down on "traitors" since the start of his full ...

Languages: English, Russian You can get in touch with Isabel by emailing [email protected] or by following her on X @isabelvanbrugen Russia has revived SMERSH, a Stalin-era spy hunting ...

Russia is re-forming an infamous Stalinist counterintelligence unit, UK intelligence said. SMERSH was used during the Communist era to catch spies. The Kremlin has intensified its search for ...

SMERSH is being used in parts of Ukraine that are under illegal occupation of Russia. Russia has revived SMERSH, a Soviet-era intelligence organisation, in parts of Ukraine that it illegally ...

SMERSH, the official Soviet murder agency, has been trying to bury 007 for years, but the canny Briton keeps on surviving bullets, knives, bombs, sharks and poisons, notably a paralyzing fluid ...

Lotte Lenya portrayed a ruthless Smersh agent in the Bond film From Russia With Love Credit: United Artist Pictures It was disbanded in 1946 but now, the Ministry of Defence has said, the ...

What was notable, though, about this confessional was that the man was flanked by two internal security officers who had the word Smersh emblazoned on the backs of their jackets. Many people in the ...

Russian politicians announced in late 2023 that the Soviet counterintelligence unit SMERSH was being re-established, and photos of operatives wearing SMERSH uniform patches appeared in open sources in ...

The aggressor state of the russian federation has decided to restore the Soviet counterintelligence organization (CI) SMERSH. In particular, at the beginning of the month, a photo of operatives who ...

Whether the U.S. would have been better or worse served if the Soviet army—or SMERSH—had elected to adopt the weapon is open to question. The U.S. Army tested the gun in December and has not ...

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