Sunday, July 9, 2023

Sunday With Blackthorn - Today We Discuss The Russian Secret Police Agency You've Never Heard Of

 Evan Gershkovich, A Journalist Detained in Russia by The DKRO

 The Cheka, The NKVD, MGB, GRU, KGB, and the most current iteration of the Russian Secret Police, the FSB. Some of these acronyms you may know, some you may not.  But there is a group you have probably never heard of within the FSB whose primary task is surveilling, harassing, and sometimes snatching up, foreign nationals within the borders of Russia. Sort of a lower profile version of the old ALPHA Teams.

This group is known as the DKRO, and the link below goes to an article from the Wall Street Journal. 

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fsb-evan-gershkovich-russia-security-force-dkro-e9cf9a49

 

Additional Source Material:

https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russian-spy-agency-accused-of-leaving-faeces-in-diplomats-suitcases/news-story/80f6cf783c7e14214eed667686e00fcd


https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-department-for-counterintelligence-operations-dkro-calling-card-feces-cigarettes-2023-7?op=1

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