In November, artist Petr Pavlenskyānow famous for nailing his scrotum to the ground in the Red Squareāset fire to the wooden doors of Moscowās Federal Security Service headquarters. He stood there quietly with the gasoline canister for about 30 seconds until he was arrested. He was charged with āvandalism motivated byā¦
Irving Kristol, father to Fox News talking head Bill Kristol, was the intellectual architect of neoconservatism, a fierce anti-communist, and staunch Republican. So why did FBI counterintelligence agents investigate his contacts with a suspected Soviet agent in the 1980s?
Former NBC News reporter Irving R. Levine, who died last year, was a hilariously nerdy TV presence: A soft-spoken, bow-tied mensch. So it's surprising to learn, via declassified FBI files, that he deftly parried KGB attempts to blackmail him.
So much honey trap news this week! A Russian "news website" with no known reporters that most believe is a front for the modern KGB (basically Russia's Politico) posted a curious "sex tape" involving a US diplomat.
Intrepid New York Times Russia correspondent (and former Marine!) CJ Chivers was snatched by the KGB this morning! Or was he? Read on for the details of this most insignificant international incident:
Russia! says that the Russian press reported that Chivers was "detained" by the KGB when he tried to enter into theā¦
