Norton-Taylor, Richard, and Matthew Taylor. "Number of Spies in UK Returns to Cold War Levels." The Guardian, 13 Apr. 2007. [http://www.guardian.co.uk]Materials arranged chronologically.
Norton-Taylor, Richard, and Matthew Taylor. "Number of Spies in UK Returns to Cold War Levels." The Guardian, 13 Apr. 2007. [http://www.guardian.co.uk]
British security sources report that "[t]he number of Russian intelligence agents based in London has reached cold war levels, reflecting the Kremlin's growing interest in London's dissident community.... Counter intelligence officers say there are now 30 agents operating out of the Russian Embassy and trade mission -- with the possibility that many more are working undercover for outside agencies across the capital."
Arutunyan, Anna. "UK and Russia Trade Diplomats in Spy Row." Moscow News, 20 Jul. 2007. [http://mnweekly.rian.ru]
"Tensions between Russia and the UK over the ongoing investigation into the poisoning death of former Russian intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko have escalated to a new level with the United Kingdom's decision to expel four Russian diplomats in response to Moscow's refusal to hand over Britain's chief suspect in the murder, Andrei Lugovoi. Russia responded with tit-for-tat measures [on 19 July 2007], declaring four British diplomats persona non grata and giving them ten days to leave the country."
Tarasov, Ilya. Tr., Guerman Grachev. "KGB's Most Dangerous Officer Unveils Secrets of Soviet Intelligence." Pravda, 13 Sep. 2007. [http://english.pravda.ru/russia/history/97107-intelligence-0]
Interview with "Viktor Budanov, a former chief of the KGB’s Directorate K. The Directorate K, one of several sub-directorates within the First Chief Directorate (external intelligence) of the KGB, was disbanded following the August 1991 events."
Clark, Torrey. "Putin Names Russian Ex-Premier Head of Spy Service." Bloomberg, 6 Oct. 2007. [http://www.bloomberg.com]
On 6 October 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the appointment of former prime minister Mikhail Fradkov to head the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Former SVR head Sergei Lebedev was named executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
RIA Novosti. "Russia Says 300 Spies Caught In Last 4 Years." Moscow News, 11 Oct. 2007. [http://mnweekly.rian.ru]
Nikolai Patrushev, head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), has told the popular weekly Argumenty i Fakty that the FSB has "identified over 300 foreign spies over the past four years.... He said that 14 agents and 33 recruits have been caught this year alone.... He said the United States and Britain actively used the secret services of Poland, Georgia and Baltic states against Russia.... According to Patrushev, British intelligence is particularly active against Russia, in its attempts to influence the country's domestic political developments."
Lefebvre, Stéphane. "Russian Intelligence Activities in Canada: The Latest Case of an 'Illegal.'" Journal of Slavic Military Studies 20, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2007): 549-558.
"This article discusses Russia’s use of 'illegals' for espionage purposes, using the recent Canadian case of one 'Paul William Hampel.' Unmasked in November 2006, his case ... was reminiscent of another one a decade earlier which involved two Russians who also operated under false Canadian identities.... [T]hat Russia is still using Canada for espionage purposes should not come as a surprise. One of the few tools Russia has[,] absent a strong economy and rejuvenated armed forces, is its intelligence apparatus. Hampel’s case should serve as a warning to all well-established advanced democracies: espionage is as important today as it ever was in the pursuit of a state’s national interests."
Richter, Jan. "Czech Intelligence: Half of Russia’s Diplomats in the Czech Republic Are Spies." Czech Radio 7, Radio Prague, 22 Nov. 2007. [http://www.radio.cz]
According to the 2006 annual report by the Czech counterintelligence service, published on 21 November 2007, about half of the "60 Russian Federation diplomats based in the Czech Republic ... work for Russian intelligence services." The report "maintains that Russian diplomats who were expelled from other democratic countries are often sent to the Czech Republic.... Other favourite covers for collaborators with Russian intelligence include journalists and positions in Russian-owned businesses."
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