"Putin's KGB background tells us a lot about how he thinks and how he sees the war. He is a creation of the KGB, and the KGB was a terrorist organization," John Sipher, a former CIA officer who ...

According to research by the Russian Academy of Sciences, three quarters of senior politicians have a background in the security forces and Russia's largest companies are now headed by former KGB men ...

The post alleged that in 1987, the KGB recruited a "40-year-old businessman ... At face value, however, information on Mussayev's background does not completely align with what he claims.

Jordan joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Evening Standard and had previously worked at Metro.co.uk, she has background in international ... grandson of a former KGB agent. This is according to ...

A former KGB spy said this week that he is "worried ... It has to be seen against the background where Putin is stating that he's actually fighting the West in the Ukraine," Barsky added while ...