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Johnson insists meeting with former KGB officer Lebedev was not pre-arranged

Boris Johnson has denied his meeting with ex-KGB officer Alexander Lebedev after the Salisbury poisoning scandal was pre-arranged or involved discussions about Government business. The Prime Minister said officials were aware in advance he was ...

25 Jul 2022 at 18:39

Russian intelligence service behind ‘calculated and dangerous’ hacking – Truss

Russian intelligence services have targeted national infrastructure including UK energy companies and the engineering and industrial sectors in a “calculated and dangerous” hacking campaign spanning nearly a decade. The UK and western allies ...

24 Mar 2022 at 22:55

M16 warned PM about Russian oligarch friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago

Boris Johnson was warned about granting a peerage to his close friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago by British intelligence. According to a report in the Sunday Times, the head of M16 held security concerns over the Russian oligarch – who ...

13 Mar 2022 at 03:55

Michael Gove: No security concerns were shared with me about Evgeny Lebedev

Michael Gove has defended Russian-born businessman Evgeny Lebedev’s appointment to the House of Lords. The Communities Secretary said there was a “distinction to be drawn” between Lord Lebedev and his ex-KGB father, the oligarch ...

13 Mar 2022 at 13:55

MI6 warned PM about Russian oligarch friend Evgeny Lebedev two years ago

13 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Tensions between UK and Russia formed backdrop for spying case

The Berlin spy case came as Britain’s relations with Russia could not have been more finely balanced with Vladimir Putin amassing his forces on the border of Ukraine. After the Cold War ended in 1991, hopes of a warmer ...

17 Feb 2023 at 11:17

Former KGB double agent can sue crime agency over revealing identity

A former KGB double agent can take legal action against the National Crime Agency (NCA) after accusing it of wrongly disclosing his new identity, the High Court has ruled. Boris Karpichkov – his former name – alleges ...

27 Oct 2023 at 22:07

Cocktails and tennis part of notorious British spy’s lavish Moscow lifestyle

Cocktails, tennis, film evenings and skiing filled the lavish social diary of one of the KGB’s most notorious British spies, newly-released security service files reveal. John Vassall, who was blackmailed into ...

11 Oct 2022 at 10:54

KGB stooges could swing result of online Tory leadership vote, expert warns

The KGB could have stooges ready to tip the balance of the Tory leadership race if it goes to an online vote, a top cyber expert has warned. Peter Ryan, a professor of applied security at the University of ...

21 Oct 2022 at 15:25

MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting attempt

Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB, according to newly-declassified intelligence files. Documents released to the National ...

14 Jan 2025 at 07:14

Kim Philby owned up to spying for Russia – but said he would do it all again

The Cambridge spy Kim Philby declared he would have done it all again after he finally confessed that he had been for years a Russian agent, according to newly-declassified intelligence files. The ...

14 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war

On a July afternoon in 1985 two cars pulled up in a remote Russian lay-by in a cloud of dust as a dishevelled figure emerged from the bushes. After a cursory exchange the man clambered into the ...

22 Mar 2025 at 13:12

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