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Summaries of Newly Obtained KGB Training Manuals

EDITOR'S NOTE, Oct. 4, 2019: 

Since out project "Lubyanka Files" was launched we have increased the number of KGB manuals in our possession from 11 to 20. Following the description of the project below, we now introduce the 9 titles and summaries of the new batch of manuals first, then provide a link to the titles and summaries of the original batch, which were published when...

The Interpreter
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Russian-to-English translation journal, with original analysis and commentary on Russia's foreign & domestic policy.
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GoFundMe: The Lubyanka Files

TEXTBOOKS FOR PUTIN'S SPIES 

The Interpreter is launching a new GoFundMe page to support the translation, analysis and presentation of never-before-published KGB training manuals spanning multiple decades.

This project grows out of our past reporting on KGB manuals which reveal just how much the nefarious methods of the Soviet past are alive today with "active...

Published in Press-Stream The Lubyanka Files in Publication Analysis
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From Exile to Dirtbag: Edgelord Geopolitics and the Rise of “National Bolshevism” in the U.S.

Image courtesy Princess Bubblegum / forums.spacebattles.com

This article first appeared in Medium.

The Interpreter
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Russian-to-English translation journal, with original analysis and commentary on Russia's foreign & domestic policy.
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What Ever Happened to the "Donetsk People's Republic"?

Donetsk, January 2019

By Dmitry Kirillov, Radio Svoboda 

Changes in Donbass: Orders to Forget the “Russian Spring”

The following is a translation of an article that appeared on the web site of Radio Svoboda, the Russian-language service of the US-funded Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe --The Interpreter.

Donetsk has seen in the year...

Published in Press-Stream January 6, 2019 in Publication Ukraine Liveblogs
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Exposure of the Enemy's Set-Ups: Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Some methods of penetration of the enemy's set-ups [dangles] in an agent's network of intelligence agencies of the socialist states.

Methods and means of detecting set-ups in the process of developing persons interesting to intelligence.

Conclusions

Published in Press-Stream KGB Manuals Revealed in Publication KGB Manuals