On Monday, the book by American journalist Evan Gershkovich, This Cursed Beautiful Land, appeared in U.S. bookstores. In it, the former Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal рассказывает how, as a result of a provocation, he ended up as a hostage of the FSB, was sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges, and was released only thanks to an international prisoner exchange. The circumstances of this story are strikingly reminiscent of a Russian-American spy scandal from 40 years ago, which was resolved thanks to the intervention of Gorbachev and Reagan.

#documentaryprose #journalists #historyoftheSovietspecialservices #KGBoftheUSSR #Putin #repressions #Russia #securityforces #USA #FSB #cia #EvanGershkovich

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The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe unexpectedly arrived in Moscow at the end of August and delivered a grim warning to the Russian leadership about the state of the economy. According to the publication, he argued to the Kremlin that Russia would not be able to win the war in Ukraine economically and risked repeating the collapse of the USSR because of military spending.

#JohnRatcliffe #Moscow #Russia #Ukraine #FrankfurterAllgemeineZeitung #cia

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В книге «Эта проклятая прекрасная земля» (This Cursed Beautiful Land), которая поступила в продажу 29 сентября, корреспондент The Wall Street Journal Эван Гершкович рассказал о разговоре со следователем ФСБ Дмитрием Сапунковым. По его словам, следователь сказал, что если бы у следствия не было достаточных доказательств, его бы «просто отравили».

#TheWallStreetJournal #Yekaterinburg #Russia #FSB #cia #EvanGershkovich #Poisons

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Emmanuel Macron said that the CIA did not warn French services about a supposedly planned Russian attack using drones. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto also did not confirm reports of possible attacks on France, Italy, and Spain.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with the French TV channel TF1 that the situation in Europe is becoming increasingly tense because of the rise in hostile actions by Russia. He said that France must prepare for a scenario in which it could become a target of Russian drones.

#TF1 #Russia #Ukraine #France #cia #EmmanuelMacron

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According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the CIA warned the governments of European countries about a possible drone operation against one of the countries of Southern Europe — Spain, France, or Italy. The publication says that Russia could use Gerbera drones hidden in cargo containers on merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea for this purpose.

#Gerbera #JohnRatcliffe #Lithuania #NATO #Russia #cia

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with CIA Director John Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport in Ireland while the planes were refueling. According to Reuters, it was an informal conversation, and its content is not disclosed.

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Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский и директор ЦРУ США Джон Рэтклифф встретились в аэропорту Шэннон в Ирландии 21 сентября. О встрече сообщило Reuters со ссылкой на двух неназванных собеседников, которым она известна.

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Belarus has moved troops and military equipment to the borders of Poland and Lithuania for four-day command-staff exercises, some of which are taking place in the immediate vicinity of the Suwałki Gap. The maneuvers, among other things, involve mechanized and tank battalions.

#Belarus #ViennaDocument2011 #NATO #PavelMuraveiko #SuwalkiCorridor #cia

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If you want to find yourself at the center of Donald Trump’s financial empire, you need to go up 56th Street toward Central Park — and at the intersection with Fifth Avenue, a 202-meter, 58-story skyscraper will come into view. It ranks only 64th in New York by height, but it is no less famous than the Empire State Building. Construction of Trump Tower was completed in the fall of 1983, and since then the skyscraper has been a symbol of the success and power of the man whose name it bears. But this success story did not come without the KGB and its influence agents in the so-called «Russian mafia».

#TrumpTower #agentsofinfluence #America #DonaldTrump #Stories #KGBoftheUSSR #mafia #theproperty #NewYork #aftertheUSSR #specialservices #cia #spies #Emigration

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Financial Times reported that Vladimir Putin planned to meet with CIA chief John Ratcliffe during his trip to Moscow in late August, but the meeting did not take place. The Kremlin denied this: presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told FT that no such meeting had been planned.

#TheFinancialTimes #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #JohnRatcliffe #Kremlin #Ukraine #cia

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The Donald Trump administration plans to strengthen CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s role in mediating between Russia and Ukraine while at the same time reducing the involvement of U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Financial Times writes. According to the newspaper, Ratcliffe is to conduct shuttle diplomacy and maintain contact with the intelligence services of both countries.

#WhiteHouse #WarinUkraine #JaredKushner #JohnRatcliffe #DonaldTrump #SteveWitkoff #cia

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German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems gained an early foothold in the U.S. market with support from CIA-linked investor In-Q-Tel, Reuters reported, citing the company’s co-CEO Sven Kruck. According to him, American investors helped the company open doors in Washington and secure orders from the CIA and the FBI.

#InQTel #InQTelGerman #QuantumSystems #reuters #USA #cia

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