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Espionage History Archive

Yuri Bezmenov claimed to be a KGB expert in subversion and psychological warfare. Was he telling the truth?

According to new revelations, the ultra-wealthy financier and elite sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein had a mentor who recruited him into Israeli intelligence early in his career: billionaire media tycoon Robert Maxwell. And nearly three decades before Epstein’s highly suspicious death, Maxwell would suffer a similar murky fate. What did Soviet intelligence know about Maxwell? KGB … Continue reading Robert Maxwell & the KGB →

The mystery of Lord Victor Rothschild’s (1910-1990) connections to Soviet intelligence has vexed researchers for over a half century now. As the scion of an ultra-wealthy banking house and confidante to Winston Churchill, Rothschild was an influential figure in Britain’s power elite for decades, occupying key positions in counterintelligence, the energy sector and strategic policy … Continue reading Victor Rothschild, Soviet Spy →

Did Russian intelligence sway the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential race? Ask the CIA and mainstream Western media organs, and they’ll have you believe that yes, it was none other than Moscow’s shadowy operatives who managed to infiltrate Donald Trump into the newly gold-bedecked Oval Office. Blame the Russians, our betters declare, rather … Continue reading Did Russia Hack the Election? →

The story of Russian reconnaissance scout Vasilii Riabov, who was captured by the Japanese in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War and died a hero's death.

Former KGB chief Vladimir Semichastny describes how the elite Directorate S trained its deep-cover illegal officers.

Find out the secret ties between intelligence, secret societies and the occult in this fascinating interview with Dr. Richard Spence.

Read how a KGB counterintelligence team captured CIA officer Martha Peterson, who was attempting to make contact with a valuable US spy in Moscow in 1977.

We know about the CIA and Hollywood, but the KGB also placed undercover intelligence officers in Soviet film companies abroad. Here's an example from London.

Read how Soviet intelligence stopped SS commando and Hitler's top assassin Otto Skorzeny from killing the Big Three at the 1943 Tehran Conference.