SMERSH: STALIN’S SECRET WEAPON ... Vadim Birstein, a Russian-American scientist who came to the United States in 1991, suggests that Fleming used the term because it “sounds vaguely absurd ...

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 ...

In one of his most brilliant coups, Bond thwarted a SMERSH fiend named Auric Goldfinger, who tried to explode an A-bomb in Fort Knox in order to seize, naturally, all the U.S. gold; Goldfinger was ...

Vladimir Putin’s counter-intelligence bosses have re-created the “SMERSH” organisation to hunt ... with reports that it shot Red Army soldiers retreating after being hit by German attacks.

The United States was a relative newcomer to the world ... During the war, the USSR housed all its intelligence operations under SMERSH, an umbrella organization composed of hundreds, maybe ...

including the United States, said the move was illegitimate. Newsweek has contacted the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Russia for comment. SMERSH, formed by Stalin 80 years ago in April 1943 ...

MOSCOW — In Ian Fleming’s early James Bond novels, villains like Dr. No and Goldfinger worked for SMERSH, a diabolical ... in the battles with the Red Army,” he said. On display, labeled ...

On 7 January, UK Defence Intelligence noted that the Russian Guard (Rosgvardia) is strengthening its resources and personnel against a background of turmoil in Russia's internal security caused by 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 ...

Smersh's primary function extended beyond mere spy-hunting; it was instrumental in assessing the loyalty of the Red Army's ranks and the broader civilian populace. The very presence of Smersh ...