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Of Russian Intelligence and Political Emigres - Russian Roulette Episode 93

Of Russian Intelligence and Political Emigres - Russian Roulette Episode 93

Russian Roulette

November 22, 201940m 7s

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Show Notes

In this episode of Russian Roulette, Jeff sits down with Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, investigative journalists based in Moscow and co-founders of the website agentura.ru. They discuss their recently released book The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad. You will get to hear the history of Russian intelligence as well as its relationship with exiles and emigres abroad. Andrei and Irina also comment on how they do their research and how the Skripal poisoning in the U.K. affected their sources.

Their website: http://www.agentura.ru/english/ You can purchase their recently released book as well as others here: https://amzn.to/2qw1lWF

Follow them on twitter: @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov

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