The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the #SovietUnion’s undercover intelligence gathering.
✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #historybook
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✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #historybook
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‘The Illegals’ by Shaun Waker review
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June 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the #SovietUnion’s undercover intelligence gathering.
✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #historybook
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✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #historybook
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Likewise, its also personal for me, one was in the #BritishImperialNavy the other was a #Partiizan in #ArmiaKrajowa #Polands #HomeArmy #Resistance to #NaziGermany & the #SovietUnion's #Occupation of #Poland.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Likewise, its also personal for me, one was in the #BritishImperialNavy the other was a #Partiizan in #ArmiaKrajowa #Polands #HomeArmy #Resistance to #NaziGermany & the #SovietUnion's #Occupation of #Poland.
True, but I think that in Russia its much worse than that.
Only few russians blame the governement (there are expections ofc!), the hatred is ideological, because people are brainwashed over generations to become imperialists. The nations who broke free from Sovietunion's influence know this.
Only few russians blame the governement (there are expections ofc!), the hatred is ideological, because people are brainwashed over generations to become imperialists. The nations who broke free from Sovietunion's influence know this.
August 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
True, but I think that in Russia its much worse than that.
Only few russians blame the governement (there are expections ofc!), the hatred is ideological, because people are brainwashed over generations to become imperialists. The nations who broke free from Sovietunion's influence know this.
Only few russians blame the governement (there are expections ofc!), the hatred is ideological, because people are brainwashed over generations to become imperialists. The nations who broke free from Sovietunion's influence know this.
Vladimir ‘Boba’ #Sapožnin (1906-96), who began his professional life in a #circus at the age of five, progressing to #polyinstrumentalist and, later, #violin virtuoso as well as friend of #DavidOistrakh, violinist and one-time volunteer of the #SovietUnion’s wartime #MoscowHomeReserves.
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April 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Vladimir ‘Boba’ #Sapožnin (1906-96), who began his professional life in a #circus at the age of five, progressing to #polyinstrumentalist and, later, #violin virtuoso as well as friend of #DavidOistrakh, violinist and one-time volunteer of the #SovietUnion’s wartime #MoscowHomeReserves.
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The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the #SovietUnion’s undercover intelligence gathering.
✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
‘The Illegals’ by Shaun Waker review
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June 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the #SovietUnion’s undercover intelligence gathering.
✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
✍️ James Rodgers reviews the recent #history book
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
#WhoKnew
According @economist.com, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least 6x the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
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According @economist.com, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least 6x the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
@channel4news.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#WhoKnew
According @economist.com, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least 6x the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
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According @economist.com, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least 6x the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
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Political analysts say few members of the #Russia|n leadership want a continuation of the #Ukraine war, especially with the lack of progress on the battlefield. The war has now lasted longer than the #SovietUnion’s struggle against Nazi forces in #WWII.
May 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Political analysts say few members of the #Russia|n leadership want a continuation of the #Ukraine war, especially with the lack of progress on the battlefield. The war has now lasted longer than the #SovietUnion’s struggle against Nazi forces in #WWII.
The #Cheka was founded on #ThisDayInHistory in 1917. The #SovietUnion's first #SecretPolice, & a core #DeepState element, put the lie to many of #Lenin's claims about the #Marxist elimination of the state. Any so-called #TransitionalState with such powers will never give them up.
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The #Cheka was founded on #ThisDayInHistory in 1917. The #SovietUnion's first #SecretPolice, & a core #DeepState element, put the lie to many of #Lenin's claims about the #Marxist elimination of the state. Any so-called #TransitionalState with such powers will never give them up.
#Salyut4, the #SovietUnion's third operational #SpaceStation, was visited by the #Soyuz17 mission; its two cosmonauts set a new endurance record with their 29-day mission. They were the first of two crews to occupy the station, and returned to Earth on #ThisDayInHistory in 1975.
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#Salyut4, the #SovietUnion's third operational #SpaceStation, was visited by the #Soyuz17 mission; its two cosmonauts set a new endurance record with their 29-day mission. They were the first of two crews to occupy the station, and returned to Earth on #ThisDayInHistory in 1975.
#Kullamaa (Kullamaa)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Lit. gold or gold-bearing land, ‘Eldorado’, maybe? One-time cul-de-sac off the #Kitseküla end (i.e. NE) of #Tondi, but once seen elsewhere as a street running through the old #CharlottentaliTikumanufaktuur (see #Charlottentali), the #SovietUnion’s
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#Historical #Ajalooline
Lit. gold or gold-bearing land, ‘Eldorado’, maybe? One-time cul-de-sac off the #Kitseküla end (i.e. NE) of #Tondi, but once seen elsewhere as a street running through the old #CharlottentaliTikumanufaktuur (see #Charlottentali), the #SovietUnion’s
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October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#Kullamaa (Kullamaa)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Lit. gold or gold-bearing land, ‘Eldorado’, maybe? One-time cul-de-sac off the #Kitseküla end (i.e. NE) of #Tondi, but once seen elsewhere as a street running through the old #CharlottentaliTikumanufaktuur (see #Charlottentali), the #SovietUnion’s
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#Historical #Ajalooline
Lit. gold or gold-bearing land, ‘Eldorado’, maybe? One-time cul-de-sac off the #Kitseküla end (i.e. NE) of #Tondi, but once seen elsewhere as a street running through the old #CharlottentaliTikumanufaktuur (see #Charlottentali), the #SovietUnion’s
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The #SovietUnion's #Luna9 mission launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1966. On 3rd February it successfully made the first soft-landing on another body in the solar system, and it sent back the first photos captured there (and broadcast them openly so they could be seen everywhere).
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The #SovietUnion's #Luna9 mission launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1966. On 3rd February it successfully made the first soft-landing on another body in the solar system, and it sent back the first photos captured there (and broadcast them openly so they could be seen everywhere).
#WhoKnew
According to the #Economist, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least six times the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
According to the #Economist, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least six times the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
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#WhoKnew
According to the #Economist, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least six times the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
According to the #Economist, 100k Russian troops have been killed in combat in 2025 alone, a roughly 5:1 ratio of Ukraine’s deaths. That is at least six times the #SovietUnion’s 1980s death toll in #Afghanistan - an unpopular war that drained support for #Moscow’s regime.
The Hidden Role America Played in the #SovietUnion's Collapse youtu.be/rpsEiX2etVk
The Hidden Role America Played in the Soviet Union's Collapse
YouTube video by Timeless History
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August 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The Hidden Role America Played in the #SovietUnion's Collapse youtu.be/rpsEiX2etVk
#USSR & #DinamoTbilisi legend lines up prior to the #SovietUnion's ECQ in #Helsinki against #Finland 🇫🇮 in July 1979.
The 1-1 draw did little to enhance Nikita Simonyan's side's qualification for 🇮🇹 #Euro80 🇮🇹. The Soviets eventually finished last in the group behind 🇬🇷, 🇭🇺 & 🇫🇮
The 1-1 draw did little to enhance Nikita Simonyan's side's qualification for 🇮🇹 #Euro80 🇮🇹. The Soviets eventually finished last in the group behind 🇬🇷, 🇭🇺 & 🇫🇮
September 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#USSR & #DinamoTbilisi legend lines up prior to the #SovietUnion's ECQ in #Helsinki against #Finland 🇫🇮 in July 1979.
The 1-1 draw did little to enhance Nikita Simonyan's side's qualification for 🇮🇹 #Euro80 🇮🇹. The Soviets eventually finished last in the group behind 🇬🇷, 🇭🇺 & 🇫🇮
The 1-1 draw did little to enhance Nikita Simonyan's side's qualification for 🇮🇹 #Euro80 🇮🇹. The Soviets eventually finished last in the group behind 🇬🇷, 🇭🇺 & 🇫🇮
#MikhailGorbachev was chosen general secretary of the #SovietUnion's Communist Party #OnThisDay in 1985 a day after the death of Constantin Chernenko, initiating six years of radical change that would lead to the dissolution of the #USSR...
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March 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
#MikhailGorbachev was chosen general secretary of the #SovietUnion's Communist Party #OnThisDay in 1985 a day after the death of Constantin Chernenko, initiating six years of radical change that would lead to the dissolution of the #USSR...
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#MikhailGorbachev was chosen general secretary of the #SovietUnion's Communist Party #OnThisDay in 1985 a day after the death of Constantin Chernenko, initiating six years of radical change that would lead to the dissolution of the #USSR...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#MikhailGorbachev was chosen general secretary of the #SovietUnion's Communist Party #OnThisDay in 1985 a day after the death of Constantin Chernenko, initiating six years of radical change that would lead to the dissolution of the #USSR...
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#MikhailGorbachev was chosen general secretary of the #SovietUnion's Communist Party #OnThisDay in 1985 a day after the death of Constantin Chernenko, initiating six years of radical change that would lead to the dissolution of the #USSR — a turning point...
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March 11, 2024 at 11:30 PM
#MikhailGorbachev was chosen general secretary of the #SovietUnion's Communist Party #OnThisDay in 1985 a day after the death of Constantin Chernenko, initiating six years of radical change that would lead to the dissolution of the #USSR — a turning point...
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Trump says that EU was founded to screw US.
No.
In reality, it was the US who pushed Germany and France to create the EU in the first place in order to counter sovietunion's influence in Europe.
Today EU is a problem for Russia. That is why Trump (Krasnov) is thrashing the EU.
No.
In reality, it was the US who pushed Germany and France to create the EU in the first place in order to counter sovietunion's influence in Europe.
Today EU is a problem for Russia. That is why Trump (Krasnov) is thrashing the EU.
May 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump says that EU was founded to screw US.
No.
In reality, it was the US who pushed Germany and France to create the EU in the first place in order to counter sovietunion's influence in Europe.
Today EU is a problem for Russia. That is why Trump (Krasnov) is thrashing the EU.
No.
In reality, it was the US who pushed Germany and France to create the EU in the first place in order to counter sovietunion's influence in Europe.
Today EU is a problem for Russia. That is why Trump (Krasnov) is thrashing the EU.
NL:n valloitussota ja kostoretki Saksaan kalpenee 🇷🇺:n 🇺🇦valloitussodan ja -kostoretken rinnalla⬛️🟫🟥 #SovietUnion’s war of conquest and retaliatory campaign against Germany pale in duration and scale compared to #Russia’s #War of conquest and retaliation in🇺🇦!
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#StandWithUkraine
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#StandWithUkraine
January 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
NL:n valloitussota ja kostoretki Saksaan kalpenee 🇷🇺:n 🇺🇦valloitussodan ja -kostoretken rinnalla⬛️🟫🟥 #SovietUnion’s war of conquest and retaliatory campaign against Germany pale in duration and scale compared to #Russia’s #War of conquest and retaliation in🇺🇦!
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#StandWithUkraine
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#StandWithUkraine
NL:n valloitussota ja kostoretki Saksaan kalpenee 🇷🇺:n 🇺🇦valloitussodan ja -kostoretken rinnalla⬛️🟫🟥 #SovietUnion’s war of conquest and retaliatory campaign against Germany pale in duration and scale compared to #Russia’s #War of conquest and retaliation in🇺🇦!
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#StandWithUkraine
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#StandWithUkraine
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January 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
NL:n valloitussota ja kostoretki Saksaan kalpenee 🇷🇺:n 🇺🇦valloitussodan ja -kostoretken rinnalla⬛️🟫🟥 #SovietUnion’s war of conquest and retaliatory campaign against Germany pale in duration and scale compared to #Russia’s #War of conquest and retaliation in🇺🇦!
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#StandWithUkraine
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#StandWithUkraine
@MiddleEastnews.bsky.social
1967- Security Council Resolution 242
1973- Security Council Resolution
- a PEACEful and accepted SETTLEment of the Middle East situation #PeaceTreaty
1979- #IranianRevolution
- Egyptian-Israeli
1991- Gulf War and #SovietUnion’s #Economic and #SocietyShifts
1967- Security Council Resolution 242
1973- Security Council Resolution
- a PEACEful and accepted SETTLEment of the Middle East situation #PeaceTreaty
1979- #IranianRevolution
- Egyptian-Israeli
1991- Gulf War and #SovietUnion’s #Economic and #SocietyShifts
July 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@MiddleEastnews.bsky.social
1967- Security Council Resolution 242
1973- Security Council Resolution
- a PEACEful and accepted SETTLEment of the Middle East situation #PeaceTreaty
1979- #IranianRevolution
- Egyptian-Israeli
1991- Gulf War and #SovietUnion’s #Economic and #SocietyShifts
1967- Security Council Resolution 242
1973- Security Council Resolution
- a PEACEful and accepted SETTLEment of the Middle East situation #PeaceTreaty
1979- #IranianRevolution
- Egyptian-Israeli
1991- Gulf War and #SovietUnion’s #Economic and #SocietyShifts
Meant to perform the first soft-landing on the Moon, and the first successful lunar launch after three failures, the #SovietUnion's #Luna5 spacecraft failed to fire its retrorockets on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 and crashed, becoming the second object to reach the lunar surface.
May 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Meant to perform the first soft-landing on the Moon, and the first successful lunar launch after three failures, the #SovietUnion's #Luna5 spacecraft failed to fire its retrorockets on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965 and crashed, becoming the second object to reach the lunar surface.
@France24_en: @yenatweet @leelajacinto 🇷🇺 May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the #SovietUnion's victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
However, many believe that #Russian President Vladimir #Putin is leveraging the historical day to legitimise his war in #Ukraine.
@camille_kn
However, many believe that #Russian President Vladimir #Putin is leveraging the historical day to legitimise his war in #Ukraine.
@camille_kn
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@France24_en: @yenatweet @leelajacinto 🇷🇺 May 9, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the #SovietUnion's victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
However, many believe that #Russian President Vladimir #Putin is leveraging the historical day to legitimise his war in #Ukraine.
@camille_kn
However, many believe that #Russian President Vladimir #Putin is leveraging the historical day to legitimise his war in #Ukraine.
@camille_kn
Vitaly Shevchenko, co-host #BBC's #Ukrainecast: how #Russia cultivates+controls its sphere of influence.
#Putin called the #SovietUnion's collapse "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20thC. Since he came to power in 1999 he's tried to exercise influence over the former Soviet republics.
#Putin called the #SovietUnion's collapse "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20thC. Since he came to power in 1999 he's tried to exercise influence over the former Soviet republics.
BBC World Service - The Global Story, Putin’s pursuit of Russian greatness
Putin’s mission to restore Russia to its Soviet-era glory.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Vitaly Shevchenko, co-host #BBC's #Ukrainecast: how #Russia cultivates+controls its sphere of influence.
#Putin called the #SovietUnion's collapse "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20thC. Since he came to power in 1999 he's tried to exercise influence over the former Soviet republics.
#Putin called the #SovietUnion's collapse "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe" of the 20thC. Since he came to power in 1999 he's tried to exercise influence over the former Soviet republics.
I started following the evolution of the war in Ukraine because we had enough with #russia !!!
The #SovietUnion's influence in #RO lasted for 45 years, from 1944 to 1989.
It all ended in '89 with a bloodbath in which over 1,000 civilians were killed, incomparably smaller than what #Ukraine lost.
The #SovietUnion's influence in #RO lasted for 45 years, from 1944 to 1989.
It all ended in '89 with a bloodbath in which over 1,000 civilians were killed, incomparably smaller than what #Ukraine lost.
December 24, 2024 at 10:09 AM
I started following the evolution of the war in Ukraine because we had enough with #russia !!!
The #SovietUnion's influence in #RO lasted for 45 years, from 1944 to 1989.
It all ended in '89 with a bloodbath in which over 1,000 civilians were killed, incomparably smaller than what #Ukraine lost.
The #SovietUnion's influence in #RO lasted for 45 years, from 1944 to 1989.
It all ended in '89 with a bloodbath in which over 1,000 civilians were killed, incomparably smaller than what #Ukraine lost.