Barsky was under the KGB for 15 years but revealed his training was sub-par, labelling the Russian intelligence as "not very competent". "Other than tradecraft, at which the KGB excelled ...

Throughout Western countries, Russia’s intelligence agencies emulate earlier Soviet Cold War tactics and show the influence of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s KGB training on his foreign ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing for a chance to face off with Vladimir Putin, a Russian leader known for using power plays and intimidation to dance around negotiations.

Though his motivations at the time remain unclear, experts believe his KGB training in psychological profiling played a role in his approach to foreign dignitaries. Also read Kamikaze Drone Attack ...

And the story that is told in Russia and that I'm sure he likes is that it's his KGB training to have his hand close to his sidearm on his hip. He gives the impression of being a gangster ...

He joined the KGB in 1987 at age 35 and spent the next 16 years rising in the ranks to lieutenant colonel. In 1984, he was sent to Moscow for additional training at the Yuri Andropov Red Banner ...

One FSB defector explained to me that old KGB training textbooks continued to be used at its headquarters, the Lubyanka, the KGB’s old headquarters, but now with pages about communism ripped out.