#kgb — Public Fediverse posts

Authoritarian regimes may project strength, but their reliance on centralized control and political loyalty ultimately breeds corruption, stifles innovation and weakens long-term resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/24/world/understanding-chinamaxxing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #crinks #china #russia #iran #northkorea #sovietunion #kgb #us #west #vladimirputin #ukraine #ccp #indopacific #southkorea #taiwan #freeandopenindopacific #donaldtrump

In 1951 Burgess and Maclean ran to Moscow. The ring cracked wide open. Modin shows what Moscow did next.
#books #bookreview #CambridgeFive #KGB
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring-book-review/

If you have even a passing interest in espionage, the Second World War, the Cold War, or Britain in the fifties, this book by the KGB controller of the Fenbog Five is a must read.

I was particularly struck by the high esteem in which the author holds Guy Burgess, in contrast to the regular portrayal of Burgess as nothing but a buffoonish, upper class, louche lefty.

Being reminded of the Soviet/Russian perspective on midcentury British and US foreign policy was also refreshing.

#MyFiveCambridgeFriends #YuriModin #History #CambridgeFive #CambridgeSpyRing #KimPhilby #GuyBurgess #AnthonyBlunt #DonaldMaclean #JohnCairncross #Espionage #CambridgeUniversity #MI5 #KGB #Communism #BritishSovietRelations

Philby stayed ice-cold. Maclean cracked under guilt. Burgess was a mess. Same secret. Five different men.
#books #bookreview #CambridgeFive #KGB
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/my-5-cambridge-friends.html

@Inside_Russia on YT!

I Checked Into the Hospital.

Then the #KGB Called and Asked How I Was Feeling. 🫢

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PV_bDA6vpA

#KONSTANTIN #RUSSIA #UKRAINEWAR

7/16/26

The KGB called him in. They knew. MI6 had one plan to get him out of Moscow. It had to work perfectly.
#books #bookreview #OlegGordievsky #KGB
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/the-spy-and-the-traitor/

They didn't do it for money. Burgess, Philby, Maclean — they all believed. Modin explains exactly why.
#books #bookreview #ColdWar #KGB
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring-book-review/

@InfostellePeru

Wenn man aus der Sowjetunion und ihre Jelzin-Verwandlung in #Oligarchen-Strukturen mit dem #KGB lernen kann, machen sich die Florida-Kubaner jetzt bereit, die Geschäfte und Gebiete zu übernehmen

What drives a KGB officer to risk everything and spy for Britain? This book answers that in full.
#books #bookreview #KGB #espionage
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/oleg-gordievsky.html

What does it take to betray the system you grew up in? Gordievsky answered that question with his life.
#books #bookreview #KGB #espionage
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/the-spy-and-the-traitor/

Yuri Modin, the KGB controller, tells their tale. He worked with the Cambridge Five, guiding them through a web of secrets.
#KGB #Espionage #books #bookreviews
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring-book-review/

Officer of the KGB Yuri Bezmenov about dealing with "Leftists" and real Marxists, Socialists etc.

#kgb #soviet #socialism

Yuri Modin, the KGB controller, tells their tale. He worked with the Cambridge Five, guiding them through a web of secrets.
#KGB #Espionage #books #bookreviews
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring-book-review/

What did the KGB see that Britain missed for years? Yuri Modin was in the room. He wrote it all down.
#books #bookreview #espionage #KGB
https://grandpasbookreviews.blogspot.com/2026/05/my-5-cambridge-friends.html

What does a KGB handler see that British intelligence missed for decades? Modin answers that in full.
#books #bookreview #KGB #espionage
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/cambridge-spy-ring-book-review/

Clockwise; bread and wine (or cannibalism), fried chicken, munchies, and N O F O O D

Clockwise; bread and wine (or cannibalism), fried chicken, munchies, and N O F O O D

https://piefed.social/c/politicalcompassmemes/p/2088190/clockwise-bread-and-wine-or-cannibalism-fried-chicken-munchies-and-n-o-f-o-o-d

President Kekkonen had made a Faustian pact in the 1950. He was elected with direct help from the #KGB, and could even exaggerate the #Soviet threat to Finland in order to stay in power. He probably came to believe his own propaganda: that *only* he could guarantee peaceful relations with Moscow.

#Lesetipp 📚 | Auf dem „Decentered Archive“-Blog des MWN #Osteuropa berichtet Arūnas Bubnys über das ehemalige #KGB-#Archiv der Litauischen #SSR, wo über 140.000 Akten zur sowjetischen Überwachung und Verfolgung in Litauen aufgehoben werden.
🔗Mehr erfahren unter https://decentarch.hypotheses.org/1831

Un journaliste basé en Iran dénonce de faux chiffres cités par un expert de #BFMTV «à longueur de journée à l’antenne»

Lors d’un duplex depuis #Téhéran, #SiavoshGhazi est apparu en colère contre #SergueïJirnov, ancien officier du renseignement du #KGB, qu’il accuse d’avancer des chiffres mensongers sur l’ampleur de la crise économique en #Iran. https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/un-journaliste-base-en-iran-denonce-de-faux-chiffres-cites-par-un-expert-de-bfmtv-a-longueur-de-journee-a-lantenne-10-05-2026-4FNKL4UVI5GCFODIDW7PRGYDGI.php

#guerre #media #actu #actualite #info #information