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KGB spy gunned down in Moscow

03.11.09

A Russian businessman who was convicted in Israel of being a KGB spy has been shot dead near his flat in Moscow, city police said... more

Moscow rejects Miliband call for extradition

02.11.09

Russia rebuffs fresh appeal to extradite the suspected killer of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko... more

We must not forget the courage of Anna Politkovskaya

08.10.09

We are all concerned about freedom of speech and of the press. We journalists fret that libel suits are curtailing our ability to expose corruption and wrongdoing... more

London MP had meetings with Soviet spy

05.10.09

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Greens are London's biggest winners as Labour plunges to fifth in suburbs

08.06.09

Labour suffered a humiliating rout in the European elections as it was pushed into fifth places in dozens of areas around Britain - although it clung on to second in London... more

Benn civil servant was a spy

13.05.09

A KGB agent who recruited spies at Oxford has been unmasked as a leading civil servant... more

On his way home to face justice - death camp Nazi carried to jet in wheelchair for trial in Germany

12.05.09

A massive security operation was under way at Munich airport today as a private jet landed, carrying suspected Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk for his appointment with justice... more

Germans try to overturn US reprieve for Nazi camp guard

15.04.09

German prosecutors are pressing American authorities to extradite an accused Nazi concentration camp guard... more

MI5 is keeping a closer watch on Russian spies

05.03.09

MI5 has increased its surveillance of suspected Russian spies following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London... more

Miliband: Russia's president is more liberal than Putin

02.03.09

David Miliband has seized on reports that Russian president Dmitri Medvedev may be pushing for a more liberal agenda than Vladimir Putin... more

Poison spy's family allowed home in radiation all-clear

05.11.08

The family of a Russian spy fatally poisoned in London have been allowed to return to their home in Haringey - two years on from his murder - after it was declared free from radiation... more

Veteran KGB spy revealed as Deripaska's right-hand man

29.10.08

An ex-KGB spymaster is the right-hand man of Lord Mandelson's controversial Russian friend Oleg Deripaska, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Solzhenitsyn, tortured poet of Stalin's Gulag

04.08.08

Russia is in mourning today following the death of Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who helped to free the Russian people from Soviet tyranny ... more

Spy chief in poison mystery

04.07.08

Britain's leading spy is fighting for his life after he mysteriously fell into a coma... more

Lily Cole and her handsome new companion lead the glamour pack at star-studded gala

25.06.08

The supermodel was accompanied by a handsome male companion as she arrived to host a star studded dinner for American artist Richard Prince.... more

Indiana Jones and the Last Hurrah

22.05.08

At 65, Harrison Ford can just about cut it as the intrepid archaeologist — but he should end the franchise here, says Charlotte O'Sullivan.... more

Russia's dark secrets

22.05.08

Rebellion has its flaws, but the story of Alexander Litvineko may just be the most frightening thing you'll see at the cinema this year.... more

Defending the indefensible

15.05.08

Terror's Advocate is an astonishing portrait of a man who somehow convinced himself that he forged a unique path in law and politics.... more

Hopes rise of a thaw in relations between BP and Russia

09.05.08

Russian President Medvedev has promised western firms that his Russia will be a good place to do business in.... more

Triumph over travesty

01.05.08

Stuart Urban's Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead tells the tale of his father Garri Urban, a Polish doctor who survived the Holocaust and the Gulag.... more

Winners and losers in new era for Russia

31.03.08

Wealthy Russian oligarchs left counting the cost of Russian election result... more

The dead billionaire and the 'KGB poison killer'

14.02.08

What killed Badri Patarkatsishvili? As the police scour his home for clues and a pathologist conducts a post-mortem examination, conspiracy theorists will point to the company he kept on the day he died.... more

Did a secret spy sting lead to assassination?

13.02.08

A few hours before he died, Badri Patarkatsishvili stood on a pavement in Old Broad Street flanked by Boris Berezovsky, Yuli Dubov and Nikolai Glushkov, men who could fairly be described as the Three Musketeers of Russia's opposition in exile... more

Tycoons bringing explosive politics to London

13.02.08

Badri Patarkatsishvili is just one of a string of former Soviet Union exiles who have made London their home and refuge... more

Gallic tale of seductive intrigue

12.02.08

French bank BNP Paribas said yesterday that its board had not discussed the possibility of a bid for Société Générale, its high-stepping rival recently bought low by a rogue trader who cost it e4.9 billion (£3.6 billion)... more

The day De Niro joined the CIA

04.01.07

A provocative new film by Robert de Niro enters the murky world of espionage. He tells how he met the Taliban - and confronted the ethical dilemma of spying.... more