KGB

• Oleg Gordievsky, Britain’s most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86

  Historians consider Oleg Gordievsky, the most senior Soviet spy to defect during the Cold War, one of the era’s most important informants.

  World

  Mar 22, 2025
  
• Reporter pushes back against ‘ridiculous’ Russian spy allegations

  David Pugliese defended himself from accusations leveled at Canada's public safety committee.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2024
  
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• Attention tinfoil hat people: Are these music-related conspiracies on your radar?

  If you're the kind of person who sees a conspiracy behind every corner, here are a few more things of a musical nature to feed your paranoia.

  Entertainment

  Apr 30, 2023
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• Couple stole identities of 2 dead Texas infants, prosecutors claim

  The American couple was arrested and charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government. Photos of the couple posing in KGB uniforms were seized by police.

  Trending

  Jul 28, 2022
• Alan Cross uncovers the great KGB punk rock plot that wasn’t — or was it?

  Not all wars involve guns and bombs. There are those who believe that back in the 1970s and with the Cold War raging, the USSR used punk rock as a tool to destabilize the West.

  Entertainment

  Apr 25, 2021
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 894: The great KGB punk conspiracy

  Was the punk rock revolution of the 1970s actually a creation of the KGB?

  Entertainment

  Oct 16, 2020
• Russia Rising, part 4: Russian spies getting sloppy, says journalist who revealed Skripal poisoning suspects

  The poisoning of Sergey Skripal confuses those who wonder how Russian intelligence agents could be so unintelligent.

  World

  Feb 18, 2019
• Russia Rising, part 2: The rise of Vladimir Putin

  Vladimir Putin's background as a KGB agent informs his view of the world and Russia's place in it.

  World

  Feb 4, 2019
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• An ex-KGB agent reveals why Putin would want to interfere in Canada’s upcoming election

  Former KGB officer Alexander Vassiliev tells Global News podcast 'Russia Rising' about the spy training he received from the same school as Russian President Vladimir Putin.

  World

  Jan 28, 2019
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• U.S. prosecutors alleged that a suspected Russian spy offered sex for influence. They were mistaken

  Prosecutors said their allegation that Maria Butina offered sex in exchange for a position with a special interest organization was "mistaken," and based on a misinterpretation of text messages.

  World

  Sep 10, 2018