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KGB

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The KGB (an acronym for Committee for State Security), was the main security and intelligence service of the Soviet Union. Active from 1954 to 1991, it was responsible for internal security, foreign espionage and political repression.
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Spy Way of Life | Belarus, Poland
Beer Station: the Warsaw pub where the Belarusian dissidence's plans are brewed

All over the world, spies have their favourite hangouts for hush-hush conversation and impromptu reunions. This week, Intelligence Online heads down to a basement pub in central Warsaw, where exiled Belarusians gather to seek comfort and share critical information about their struggle against the Lukashenko regime over a choice selection of draught beers.

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Beer Station in Warsaw.

Spy Way of Life | Russia
Victor Pelevin, the novelist on Russian security elites' bedside tables

Across the world, spies have their own inside jokes and references, which give them a shared sense of belonging. Those can in turn shape the public's image of the intelligence world. In Russia, a writer shrouded in secrecy attracts the adoration - and occasionally the wrath - of the country's intelligence community, which he portrays with his own particular brand of subtle audacity.

LogoSubscribers only Government Intelligence 13.01.2023
Russian novelist Victor Pelevin, author of numerous bestsellers published by Eksmo, has remained in the shadows since the late 1990s.

Spotlight | Tajikistan, United States
Outgoing Ambassador Pommersheim brought the US closer to Tajikistan's security apparatus

On 2 December, the American embassy in Dushanbe announced the departure of the US Ambassador to Tajikistan, John Pommersheim. Since his nomination in January 2019, he has worked closely with President Emomali Rahmon, who took power 28 years ago, to strengthen cooperation with the country's military and intelligence agency.

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US Ambassador Pommersheim (far left), at a meeting in Dushanbe between the head of the United States Central Command, General Michael Kurilla (third from left), and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon (far right), in June 2022.

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