SMERSH is a portmanteau of the Russian for "death to spies," or "smert shpionam." It was announced in 1943 as a move to target Nazi spy rings, traitors and foreign agents during the World War II ...

SMERSH: STALIN’S SECRET WEAPON, SOVIET MILITARY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE IN WWII By Vadim J. Birstein Foreword by Nigel West Biteback Publishing, $29.95, 512 pages To readers of Ian Fleming’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Soviet wartime counter-intelligence service, Smersh - subject of numerous spy stories - exerts a chilling lure even today. A special exhibition in Moscow marks the 60th anniversary of Smersh's ...

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 ...

June 4, 2023: Because of the disastrous performance of the Russian military and intelligence agencies in Ukraine, many prominent Russians in the military and intelligence agencies are calling 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 ...

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