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The Illegals Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West

Shaun Walker

ONE OF More than a century ago, the new Bolshevik government began sending Soviet citizens abroad as deep-cover spies, training them to pose as foreign aristocrats, merchants, and students. Over time, this grew into the most ambitious espionage program in history. Many intelligence agencies use und...

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Walker discussed his new book that examined the Soviet illegals programme, describing the training, longterm missions and its revival under Vladimir Putin.

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His new book is The Illegals, Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West.

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Walker discussed his new book that examined the Soviet illegals programme, describing the training, longterm missions and its revival under Vladimir Putin.

"

His new book is The Illegals, Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West.

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