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The Academy of Foreign Intelligence (alternatively known as the SVR Academy, [1] previously known as the Yuri Andropov Red Banner Institute and the Red Banner Institute) [2] is one of the primary espionage academies of Russia, and previously the Soviet Union, serving the KGB and its successor organization, the Foreign Intelligence Service.
In the late Cold War, the KGB was successful with intelligence coups in the cases of the mercenary walk-in recruits FBI counterspy Robert Hanssen (1979–2001) and CIA Soviet Division officer Aldrich Ames (1985–1994).
The FSB Academy (Russian: Академия ФСБ), in full the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Академия федеральной службы безопасности Российской Федерации), is an education and research institution federally chartered to prepare Russian ...
24 mar 2015 · In his memoirs, Shebarshin recalls his time training at the KGB’s 101st Intelligence School in 1962. 101 – That was the name of the intelligence school subsequently transformed into the KGB’s Yuri Andropov Red Banner Institute.
The KGB was the primary agency responsible for supplying the Kremlin with foreign intelligence. According to former Soviet diplomat Arkady Shevchenko, Moscow cabled out questions on a daily basis to KGB rezidenty abroad to guide them in their tasks.
KGB działało początkowo na prawach „ministerstwa”, podlegając bezpośrednio premierowi. Pierwszym przewodniczącym KGB został generał Iwan Sierow. Stał on na czele komitetu przez cztery lata, od 1954 do 1958. Wcześniej Sierow był zastępcą dowódcy i dowódcą GRU.
14 maj 2010 · Media in category "Symbols of the KGB". The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total. 50 лет ВЧК КГБ commemorative pin for 50-year anniversary of KGB.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 923 KB.
