Shaun Walker

The Illegals

Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West. Main. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 416 Seiten
ISBN 1788167783
EAN 9781788167789
Veröffentlicht 9. April 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Profile Books
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Shaun Walker skilfully shows how Russia's modern-day election meddling is rooted in the subterfuge and trickery of the bad old days. This is a fascinating read.' Oliver Bullough
'Sinister, clandestine and deadly - this is essential history, and it is happening now.' Simon Sebag Montefiore
'A riveting spy thriller that doubles up as a secret history of Russia.' Peter Pomerantsev
In 2010, two decades after the Cold War had ended, ten Russian spies were arrested in America, having hidden their true identities from their friends, neighbours and even their children. They were part of a spy programme that had begun nearly a century earlier, when the revolutionary Bolshevik government began sending Soviet citizens abroad to pose as foreign aristocrats, merchants and students. These deep-cover missions - some remarkable feats of espionage, others high-profile failures - could last for decades.
Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, as well as newly discovered archival material, Shaun Walker brings this history to life in a page-turning tour de force that goes to the heart of what became the most ambitious espionage programme in history. As Moscow continues to infiltrate illegals across the globe, The Illegals shines new light on the long arc of the Soviet experiment and its messy aftermath - and on how that hidden history shaped Russia and the West.

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Shaun Walker is a foreign correspondent for The Guardian, currently covering central and eastern Europe. He was The Guardian's Moscow Correspondent between 2013 and 2018, prior to which he spent six years as Moscow Correspondent for The Independent. He studied Russian and Soviet History at Oxford University.

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