The Lubyanka Files
A project that opens up the hidden world of the Soviet and Russian security services. We explore their methods and their history, the surveillance and recruitment that defined them, and the long shadow they continue to cast over Russian society and political life
The Lubyanka Files
29 KGB Training Manuals (1965–1989)
Mostly Russian originals
Politics
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.
Politics
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
Politics
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…