By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart
Over the past several months we have written quite a bit about the Russian resurgence. This discussion predates Russia’s military action in Georgia. Indeed, we have discussed the revival of Russian power since at least 2005, the implications of the FSB’s return since April and the potential return of the [...]

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EXCLUSIVE: A former Soviet spymaster writes for the Sunday Herald
THE?LATE?ALEXANDER LITVINENKO once spoke to?me?about?Putin’s strategic plan for damaging Western democracy and reducing it to the level of what passes for democracy in Russia. I believe that this plan is already being successfully accomplished. For proof, just look at how all Western leaders are today happy [...]

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The rise of the newly aggressive Russia carrying out international assassinations, threatening its neighbors, distributing weapons to America’s enemies, confronting US forces and seemingly bent on resurrecting all its old bad habits baffles many who thought that the Cold war had ended with the fall of Communism.
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Political power in Russia now lies with the FSB, the KGB’s successor
Over the two terms of Mr Putin’s presidency, that “group of FSB operatives” has consolidated its political power and built a new sort of corporate state in the process. Men from the FSB and its sister organisations control the Kremlin, the government, the media [...]

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