POLITICSThe spy next door. Russia's foreign intelligence chief pushes to commemorate Stalin's spies in Moscow's Yasenevo24 October 2024Sergey Kanev
POLITICSPublic-private espionage. How the GRU and FSB recruited a private company from Yekaterinburg to do their work around the world11 October 2024Sergey Kanev
POLITICSA country for old men: What’s happening to Nikolai Patrushev’s protégés at the FSB after his departure?26 September 2024Sergey Kanev
CORRUPTIONDebt to the Fatherland: FSB general overseeing Russia’s National Guard hides from bailiffs in elite Moscow apartment26 August 2024Sergey Kanev
POLITICSA pen pal in Moscow: Moldovan Chief of General Staff passed secret information to his GRU handlers5 June 2024Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYResearch and espionage: An institute staffed by Russian intelligence officers is recruiting students and scientists abroad16 May 2024Sergey Kanev
POLITICS“He knew exactly where to take a bite”: Why was Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov so confident he wouldn't face consequences?4 May 2024Sergey Kanev
CORRUPTIONChildren’s magazines and fighting “soullessness”: Here’s what Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee was up to instead of fighting ISIS26 March 2024Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYThe Kremlin's fifth column. Russia declares war on U.S. exchange programs despite its own officials' past participation23 February 2024Sergey Kanev
SOCIETY“You order Pepperoni? Affirmative!”: SVR spooks outed through pizza delivery database30 January 2024Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYUnsafe house: A closer look at the backgrounds and life stories of the tenants of a covert Moscow SVR residence20 December 2023Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYPassports, please: Russian MP Leonid Slutsky’s foundation provides GRU with data on foreign nationals to recruit them8 December 2023Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYNo volunteers in their own country: How foreigners in Russia raise money for the war with Ukraine and engage in pro-Kremlin propaganda16 November 2023Sergey Kanev
ConfessionUnder the watchful eye of “Nikolai Nikolaevich”: How the FSB's surveillance unit monitors journalists and foreigners10 November 2023Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYDear Kremlin: Expelled GRU spies bemoan lack of decent jobs and kindergarten slots in Russia6 November 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSGlorious Basterds: Russian propaganda mass-producing tales of battlefield heroism4 October 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSHow a friend of Putin's daughter, Kirill Dmitriev, became the Kremlin's chief “fixer” 28 August 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSRooftop spooks: How GRU and SVR monitor Moldovan authorities using Russian embassy rooftop antennas 24 July 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSOur men in Havana: Arrival of GRU specialists in Cuba points to Russia reviving its base for spying on the US27 June 2023Sergey Kanev
SOCIETYDone flying. How war with Ukraine outed Aeroflot's GRU spies and where they are now9 June 2023Sergey Kanev
CORRUPTIONJust outside the spotlight: The little-known success story of Putin's college pal Viktor Khmarin26 May 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSShoot thy neighbor. Firearms smuggled from war in Ukraine trigger wave of gun violence in Russia28 April 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSVladimir Solovyov allegedly offered $20,000 to ex-FSB officer for contract hit on crime boss16 March 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSCourtroom, graveyard, political arena. Where the initial invaders of Crimea ended up23 February 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSSecrets of Russian House in Berlin: Encrypted messages from Moscow, theft and hired criminals6 February 2023Sergey Kanev
CORRUPTIONPutin's daughters, Anna Chapman and others: The high-profile tenants of KGB and SVR safehouses17 January 2023Sergey Kanev
CORRUPTIONSafehouse blown. How Russian intelligence chief’s lady friend snatched Kim Philby’s apartment from his students10 January 2023Sergey Kanev
POLITICSThe fall of the tower. Kremlin to replace cadres in charge of foreign policy11 December 2022Sergey Kanev
POLITICSThe Women's House: How former neighbors in the dorm for GRU illegals work undercover3 December 2022Sergey Kanev
POLITICSEnemy within the Kremlin Gates. FSO gets ready to protect Putin from coup by using priests, hypnotists and political officers 21 November 2022Sergey Kanev
POLITICSPolice tattle tales. How the FSB recruited every tenth police officer in Russia10 November 2022Sergey Kanev