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The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission To Infiltrate the West
By Walker, Shaun
- ISBN
- 9780593319680
- Publisher
- Knopf.
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Reviewed on March 28, 2025 | Social Sciences
Veteran journalist and Russian expert Walker (The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past) traces what he terms a uniquely Russian espionage and intelligence strategy of training and preparing mostly Russian nationals to infiltrate, on a long-term basis, other nations disguised as ordinary citizens. He describes how since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Russia infiltrated men and women (commonly described as "the Illegals") ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
