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Andrei Soldatov: How a Renegade ‘Middle Eastern Mafia’ Invented Modern Russian Espionage

A cabal of KGB operatives stationed in Arab countries and Israel took over Russian foreign intelligence at the end of the Cold War. Their impact is still felt. My story in @thedailybeast now open to all. https://t.co/csAUES4LBU — Andrei Soldatov (@AndreiSoldatov) June 14, 2021 How a Renegade ‘Middle Eastern Mafia’ Invented Modern Russian Espionage THE DARK ARTS Post Link Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty A cabal of KGB operatives stationed in Arab countries and Israel took over Russian foreign intelligence at the end of the Cold War. Their impact is still felt. Andrei Soldatov Updated Jun. 14, 2021 5:31AM ET / Published Jun. 13, 2021 4:42AM ET  It was a cold winter morning in Moscow in the late 2000s. At the southern end of the Slavyanskaya Square, in front of the giant windows of the six-story neoclassical edifice of the Presidential Administration, once home to the Central Committee of the Communist Party, stood a short stocky man in his early sixtie