Publications
8 publications
29 KGB Training Manuals (1965–1989)
Mostly Russian originals
You Don’t Have to Be Recruited to Work for Russian Intelligence
A classified KGB training manual on “confidential contacts” explores the gray area between informant and agent.
Aquarium Leaks. Inside the GRU’s Psychological Warfare Program
In this exclusive and groundbreaking report, Free Russia Foundation has translated and published five documents from the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency. The documents, obtained and analyzed by…
The Company You Keep: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Influence Operations in Africa
Yevgeny Prigozhin, or "Putin's chef," as he's called in the press, is notorious for two things: dispatching Russian mercenaries into war zones and running a troll farm accused…
“Recruitment or Elimination: The Kremlin’s Dark History of Dealing with Ethnic Russians Beyond Russia’s Borders”
On May 5, 2018, New York became a parade ground for two diasporas commemorating a distinct source of ethnic pride. Cinco de Mayo commanded the larger following that…
How the KGB Compensated for Perestroika
In addition to its espionage abroad, the KGB was always busy recruiting foreign nationals in the Soviet Union, with an eye to subsequently running them as agents in their home countries
Michael Weiss: Misrule of Law: How the Kremlin Uses Western Institutions to Undermine the West
Watch the full version of the "Misrule of Law: How the Kremlin Uses Western Institutions to Undermine the West" report presentation in Kyiv, Ukraine. Speaker: Michael Weiss, the…
The Lubyanka Files. Here’s How the KGB Knew You’d Be a Traitor: an Exclusive Look at Its Recruitment Manual
The bottom line for spy recruitment comes down to this: look for the losers, especially the ones who want to think they are winners because they hang on…