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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...