Declassified KGB Report on President Jimmy Carter’s “Dangerous Game” with US-Soviet Relations

Last month saw the publication of a newly declassified report submitted by then-KGB Director Yuri Andropov to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union based on “confidential” conversations with US business and political leaders regarding the dangerous direction led by US President Jimmy Carter. The initial text below, from the FSBContinueContinue reading “Declassified KGB Report on President Jimmy Carter’s “Dangerous Game” with US-Soviet Relations”

SVR Publishes “Declassified Documents” in Disinformation Campaign

On 5 December, the Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published to its website a set of seven documents, supposedly declassified “Secret” documents from its many residents over the past few months. It’s a rarity for us at Translating History to come across such fresh meat, so to speak, so naturally we were intrigued. ButContinueContinue reading “SVR Publishes “Declassified Documents” in Disinformation Campaign”

Putin Secretly Awards Russian Spies from Slovenia: Declassified Materials

Today’s entry is a collection of material from “Razvedchik,” the official publication of the Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the UNN (Ukrainian National News) website. Artem and Anna Dultsev, who worked under the guise of Argentines, received the Order of Courage from Putin, according to the magazine “Razvedchik”, the official publication of theContinueContinue reading “Putin Secretly Awards Russian Spies from Slovenia: Declassified Materials”

DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2

Those who have been following the site for the past month know that we have been publishing declassified documents that were published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part Two of the first in a series of three separateContinueContinue reading “DETI: Part 2 of Interrogation of Red Army Lieutenant Training Soviet Children for the Germans in WW2”

DETI: Red Army Officer Interrogated for Role Supporting Germans in Training Soviet Youths to Commit Sabotage in Soviet Union

Nine documents were declassified and published on the Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) website on 1 June 2024, the International Day for the Protection of Children. This is Part One the first in a series of three separate interrogations conducted of Yu.N. Yevtukhovich. Yevtukhovich, a deserter from the Soviet Red Army as a Lieutenant, detailsContinueContinue reading “DETI: Red Army Officer Interrogated for Role Supporting Germans in Training Soviet Youths to Commit Sabotage in Soviet Union”