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Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera (Part Two)

As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord abroad. This network of government spies was notorious for the often brutal methods it used to keep enemies, loyalists and common peo ...  Show more

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Life and Death in the KGB, with The Rest is Classified’s Gordon Corera (Part One)

As the main intelligence and security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991, the KGB instilled fear across Russia and sought to sow discord abroad. This network of government spies was notorious for the often brutal methods it used to keep enemies, loyalists and common peo ...  Show more

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