How Russia trains and deploys spies in the United States and how effective they are

June marks the 11th anniversary of the largest spy scandal in the history of Russia and the United States. As a result of the betrayal of the former colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia, Alexander Poteyev, the FBI uncovered a network of deeply conspiratorial illegal spies. Many of them have lived under strangers for decades ...

'Ghost stories': what was the largest exposure of the Russian spy network in the United States

The American television channel CBS showed a documentary, revealing the details of the operation of the US counterintelligence service to capture a network of Russian spies in 2010. This scandal is considered one of the most high-profile in modern intelligence history. BBC tells what new details became known from the interview ...

ForumDaily Exclusive: US intelligence agent exposed in the USA on preparations for illegal intelligence, espionage tricks and the difficulties of double life

Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the largest spy scandal in the history of Russia and the United States. As a result of the betrayal of the former colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia, Alexander Poteyev, the FBI uncovered a network of deeply conspiratorial intelligence officers. Many of them have lived under ...

"You can’t even imagine the worst intelligence officer": a spy scandal in the eyes of Maria Butina

The New Republic journalist James Bamford held several meetings with the Russian woman, Maria Butina, accused of espionage in the United States (before and after her arrest), during which she shared information about her activities with him, and later told her version of the spy scandal. ...

In the US, detained four Russians on suspicion of money laundering and fraud

Four Russian citizens were detained in the United States on suspicion of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud. The Russian Consulate General in New York reported this on Twitter. Two of the detainees were taken into custody in Los Angeles, the third was detained in New York, about...

In the US, a Russian woman was detained on suspicion of espionage

On the day of the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Russian citizen Maria Butina was detained in Washington on charges of allegedly unregistered activity in the United States as an agent acting in the interests of the Russian Federation. This is stated in a statement released on Monday ...

The life of a simple Russian spy in New York

The American edition of Bloomberg published its own investigation of an intelligence officer from the village of Kushchevskaya, Evgenia Buryakov, who received a 2,5-year prison term in the United States in May last year for collecting classified information. In early April this year, as ForumDaily wrote, the Russian spy Buryakov ...

The case of espionage: the FBI tapped Russian diplomats and a banker

  Employees of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation intercepted the telephone conversations of a Russian citizen, Vnesheconombank's deputy representative in New York, Evgeny Buryakov, accused of espionage, as well as two other Russians involved in this case. As reported by the Attorney General's Office for the Southern District of New York, which presented to the court ...

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