Russia has reactivated the Joseph Stalin-era spy catcher agency Smersh. This is the latest indicator of the outbreak of a new Cold War and Russia's attitude towards its enemies and their supporters in the Ukraine war.
The counter-intelligence agency Smersh, whose name comes from the Russian abbreviation for “Death to a Spy,” appears to be active again, Britain's Intelligence Digest says, with Russian “operatives” wearing the group's insignia now being spotted. It states that Ukraine's state media organization Ukrinform points out that Russia has already announced that it will reform SMERSH in 2023. UK Ministry of Defense memo What this means for Russia's actual capabilities is unclear, but it nevertheless places Russia “strongly focused on the supposed infiltration of external threats into the country.” It emphasizes that.
Smersh only really officially existed for a few years in the 1940s, and for much of Soviet history counterespionage was the responsibility of the intelligence agency known as the KGB. Nevertheless, SMERSH was well known in the West because of the British intelligence officer Ian James of Fleming, who served in Royal Naval Intelligence during World War II, when SMERSH was active. Because it appeared in a Bond book.
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Russia has repeatedly drawn comparisons to its war against Ukraine, its second invasion nearly two years ago, and its first invasion approaching 10 years ago, and World War II. Russia used the presence of neo-Nazi militias in Ukraine as a justification for the war, and the supposed “denazification” of Ukraine was used by Russia as part of its alliance with the United States and Britain in 1945, when Russia joined the Third Reich. This is linked to the successful destruction of the As the Ministry of Defense noted, the revival of the World War II-era SMERSH label is a new layer to consciously promoting the conflict “in the spirit” of that historic conflict. .
The British Intelligence Digest regarding the SMERSH return suspicions points out “suspected infiltration into the country'' and questions its wording, but the fact that operatives loyal to Ukraine are carrying out sabotage activities suggests that the country is currently He seems to be struggling with the spy problem. Perform sabotage and observe the direction of attack. As has been well reported, Russia has struggled over the past year to overcome the work of pro-Kiev saboteurs, with many attacks involving the destruction of supply trains feeding Russia's war machine. The focus was on direct attacks. by military aircraft While inactive on the ground at Russian Air Force bases.
However, this problem is not unique to Russia. Poland arrested and jailed a spy last month for plotting to sabotage a military train en route from NATO to Ukraine, and Germany recently accused new energy infrastructure to replace Russian-supplied natural gas in the attack. It was revealed that he had suffered damage. It is believed that saboteurs cut a hole in the gas pipe.
