The former head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service, Alnur Mussayev, recently claimed in a Facebook post that Donald Trump ...

Luke Harding, journalist and author of "Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win," explains how Vladimir Putin's background as a KGB agent has influenced his ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Russian President Vladimir Putin has come a long way from the days when he was serving as an officer in the KGB. Here's a look at how he became one of the most ...

Trump’s former White House communications director said he believed there’s some kind of “hold” on the U.S. president. Freelance Writer Freelance Writer Got a tip? Send it to The Daily ...

But with a former KGB director taking over in the Kremlin, some say its successor has become just as potent a force. President Vladimir Putin has given unprecedented positions of power to former ...

In this extract from the BBC Select documentary 'A Russian Spy Story', we look into Vladimir Putin's childhood and teenage years. From a 'schoolyard thug', to joining the KGB and meeting his wife ...

His ambition was rewarded with admission to the Soviet intelligence services as a KGB official. In Dresden, East Germany he witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. With the collapse of the ...