Russian intelligence

Federal prosecutors say that former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov admitted to authorities that "officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story" about President Biden's son, Hunter Biden.

Politics & Government

Ex-FBI source charged with Biden lies is tied to Russian intelligence, prosecutors say

9:07pm February 20, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Federal prosecutors say that Alexander Smirnov admitted to authorities that "officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story" about President Biden's son, Hunter.

On his deathbed, Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence agent who defected, accused Vladimir Putin of ordering his assassination.

World News

Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes

11:27am September 21, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, died in London weeks after drinking tea that was later found to have been laced with the deadly radioactive compound polonium-210.

Aric Toler is part of Bellingcat, an international Internet research organization that has meticulously investigated conflicts around the world. This week, the online group outed one of two Russian agents believed to have been involved in poisonings in th

Meet The Internet Researchers Unmasking Russian Assassins

6:20pm October 12, 2018

by Geoff Brumfiel

The group Bellingcat seeks to unmask covert operations, rogue groups and corruption around the globe. But can it keep its independence?

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Four Russian intelligence officers who had entered the Netherlands under diplomatic passports were escorted out of the country after they were found to be carrying out a cyberattack on the OPCW chemical weapons watchdog.

U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking 40 Sports And Doping Groups

11:25pm October 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Once Russia's cheating was exposed, the Justice Department says, the embarrassed country "fought back by retaliating against the truth tellers, and against the truth itself."

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Pyotr Verzilov, a member of the feminist protest group Pussy Riot, photographed during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow, in early September.

Pussy Riot's Verzilov Released From Berlin Hospital, Blames Kremlin For Poisoning Him

7:25am September 27, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In a BBC interview after his discharge from Berlin's Charité hospital, Verzilov said his "poisoning" was "so professionally" carried out that it had to be the work of Russian intelligence.

William Browder, chief executive officer of Hermitage Capital Management, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on July 27, 2017.

Bill Browder Doubts He'll Be Swapped To Russia For U.S. Access To Russian Agents

9:57am July 19, 2018

by David Greene

Bill Browder, a critic of Russian President Putin, doubts he would ever be part of a swap that would give the U.S. access to 12 Russian intelligence agents — an idea floated by Putin on Monday.

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A monitor outside a courtroom shows Sergei Skripal speaking to his lawyer from behind bars in Moscow in 2006. Skripal is a retired Russian colonel recruited by British intelligence in the mid-1990s.

World News

Britain Warns Moscow Over Poisoning Of Ex-Russian Double Agent

2:48pm March 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Sergei Skripal, a retired Russian intelligence colonel living in exile in the U.K. following his conviction in Russia on espionage charges, suddenly fell ill from an "unknown substance" on Sunday.