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☆ British Spies, Japanese Teens and a German Cop’s Wild Ride
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It has been a quiet season for international television on American screens — nothing has grabbed attention on a “Squid Game” or “Downton Abbey” scale. But barely a day goes by, in the streaming age, without an interesting series washing up from some foreign shore. Here are four recent shows worth tracking down, from an elegant British thriller to a Chinese dramedy about a demon god and an immortal warrior who meet cute on the mortal plane. ‘A Spy Among Friends’Alexander Cary, a writer and executive producer on “Homeland,” wrote this six-episode spy thriller as a leisurely, literate, three- or four-dimensional game of chess. Tightly controlled yet somehow relaxed, Lewis gives a performance in which the coldblooded manipulator and the sentimentally loyal bro coexist at every moment.

☆ Iranian Insider and British Spy: How a Double Life Ended on the Gallows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Farnaz Fassihi | Ronen Bergman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But later, in an audio message broadcast by BBC Persian — it had been obtained through his family, according to Mr. Akbari’s brother — Mr. Akbari said the confessions were coerced. Iran says Mr. Akbari betrayed the country and traded state secrets for money. In the videos, Mr. Akbari said he was recruited in 2004 and told he and his family would be given visas for Britain. Iran has said that MI6 paid Mr. Akbari nearly 2 million pounds, currently about $2.4 million. Mr. Akbari met with the British ambassador in Tehran as part of his official job, and traveled to Europe often for business, Mehdi Akbari said.

☆ Iran Hangs Alireza Akbari, Dual U.K. Citizen Accused of Spying
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Aresu Eqbali | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alireza Akbari is the first known dual European citizen to be executed by Tehran in decades. Iran said Saturday it had executed a former high-ranking defense official and dual British citizen on charges of espionage, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with the West as the government is wrestling with nationwide protests. Alireza Akbari , a former deputy defense minister, was convicted of passing classified national-security information to the British foreign intelligence service, MI6, in return for more than $2 million in foreign currencies, the Iranian judiciary’s news agency, Mizan, said.

[1/2] A Brazilian flag is seen through broken glass following the anti-democratic riots, at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 10, 2023. What many banks point to is the assumed risk premium already built in to Brazilian real interest rates. But beyond Brazilian markets, the wide global markets calm surrounding the weekend events was equally curious. After all, Brazil is the 12th largest economy in the world and one of the biggest food and raw materials exporters. Among the 10 biggest risks it lists by likelihood is emerging markets political risks that threaten political institutions.

☆ Russian hackers launched attacks on 3 US nuclear research laboratories, says Reuters investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A group of Russian hackers targeted three US nuclear research laboratories. Russian hackers have used malware in phone apps to track Ukrainian artillery units. Russian hackers have used malware in phone apps to track Ukrainian artillery units and have sent propaganda to Ukrainian phones using simulators that imitate cell towers. Ukrainians have also reportedly tracked Russian generals making unsecured calls and used the information to launch attacks, Insider's Christopher Woody reports. In 2018, it was reported that the Russian military had been able to jam some US drones operating in the skies over Syria, seriously affecting American military operationsx

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts. Cold River has escalated its hacking campaign against Kyiv's allies since the invasion of Ukraine, according to cybersecurity researchers and western government officials. 'INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION'In May, Cold River broke into and leaked emails belonging to the former head of Britain's MI6 spy service. Reuters was unable independently to confirm why Cold River targeted the NGOs. "Google has tied this individual to the Russian hacking group Cold River and their early operations," he said.

☆ ‘A Private Spy’ Review: John le Carré, Letter by Letter
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Katherine A. Powers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

‘A Private Spy,” a 630-page collection of the letters of John le Carré—David Cornwell in real life—is not as revealing of this secretive, canny man as Adam Sisman’s 2015 biography or as engaging as le Carré’s own episodic memoir, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” published a year later, partly in response to that “intrusive” biography. But what makes the letters so fascinating is their real-time immediacy, most palpable in the earlier years. Here is a man, not yet renowned as John le Carré, trying to find a way in the world, from student in England and Germany, to impoverished married man and father, would-be commercial artist, schoolmaster, diplomat (spy) and—before “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold”—middling novelist. Extensive though it is, it is only a selection of le Carré’s correspondence. They include, according to Tim Cornwell, a “‘tortured’ sixteen-page letter” le Carré wrote to Timothy Garton Ash on “the morality of spying,” and a couple of dispatches le Carré claimed he sent as a boy to Stalin, one advising the Supreme Commander of his support for opening a second front, the other complaining about his school.

☆ Released Australian adviser supports sanctions against Myanmar officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Australia should sanction Myanmar's military government and the regime's bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in his first interview since being released from a Myanmar jail last week. He and three other foreigners were released as part of a mass amnesty of almost 6,000 prisoners last Thursday. Saying the Myanmar people's dreams have been "completely shattered", Turnell said he supported sanctions against regime officials and Myanmar bankers, without specifying which banks or financiers. Before court appearances Turnell would reunite briefly with fellow co-defendants including Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel Peace laureate faced widespread criticism from rights groups for defending Myanmar's generals against charges of genocide in 2019.

☆ Putin will be replaced – but by someone even more extreme, warns former UK spy chief
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The UK's former spy chief, Sir Alex Younger, said Vladimir Putin will be replaced in "due course." Younger said he expects Putin's replacement to be even more right-wing and extreme. Sir Alex Younger, who served as MI6 chief from 2014 and 2020, appeared on BBC Newsnight on Tuesday and was asked by presenter Kirsty Wark whether Putin could be overthrown. Wark suggested to Younger that Putin's replacement might be more extreme and further to the right. He will be replaced, but will be replaced by critics from the right."

☆ FBI offered former British spy behind the discredited 'pee tape' dossier up to $1m to prove Trump-Russia links, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The FBI offered a British ex-spy up to $1m to prove Trump's ties to Russia, per The Times of London. A senior FBI analyst revealed this during the trial of the Steele dossier's primary source — Igor Danchenko. Christopher Steele could not verify his allegations, and the money was not paid out. Danchenko, a Russian citizen, was sent by Steele to search for material on Trump, The Times said. The Mueller report contained passing references to some of the allegations in the dossier.

☆ Diplomaţia britanică prezintă scuze pentru că a refuzat să angajeze persoane homosexuale până în 1991
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaDiplomaţia britanică prezintă scuze pentru că a refuzat să angajeze persoane homosexuale până în 1991Diplomaţia britanică a prezentat scuze publice luni pentru că a interzis recrutarea de persoane homosexuale până în 1991, o abordare „greşită” care a privat Regatul Unit de unele „dintre cele mai mari talente” ale sale, potrivit Digi24. La 30 de ani după ridicarea acestei interdicţii, în iulie 1991, Philip Barton, subsecretar de stat permanent în cadrul Ministerului Afacerilor Externe şi şeful Serviciului Diplomatic, a prezentat scuze. Însă interdicţia de a recruta persoane LGBT a fost luată de teama că ele sunt mai vulnerabile la şantaj decât heterosexualii. Iar serviciul diplomatic a fost privat, fără niciun dubiu, de unele dintre cele mai mari talente din Regatul Unit”, şi-a exprimat el regretul. În februarie, şeful serviciilor secrete britanice, Richard Moore, a prezentat de asemenea scuze publice pentru tratamentul discriminatoriu aplicat persoanelor homosexuale, care au fost de asemenea excluse din MI6 până în 1991.

Persons: Philip Barton, John Vassall, Aceştia, KGB ., Barton, Dominic Raab, Richard Moore Organizations: KGB, MI6 Locations: Regatul Unit, şantaj, Marii Britanii, Moscova, sovietici

Într-o zonă circulară de peste 700 de hectare, 10.600 de panouri solare înconjoară un turn înalt de 250 de metri, al cărui vârf este ţinta razelor soarelui. Un rezervor ce conţine săruri topite este astfel încălzit la peste 560 de grade pentru a produce abur care acţionează o turbină ce generează 110 megawaţi de energie electrică curată. Această infrastructură este legată la o centrală fotovoltaică adiacentă, iar cele două oferă împreună un total de 210 megawaţi de energie regenerabilă. Este echivalentul a ceea ce emit 300.000 de maşini într-un an”, a declarat preşedintele chilian Sebastian Pinera la lansarea proiectului, a cărui construcţie a început în 2014. La forumul climatic CEM12 / MI6, pe care Chile l-a găzduit virtual, această ţară s-a angajat alături de Marea Britanie, Australia şi Uniunea Europeană să promoveze hidrogenul verde drept combustibil.

Persons: Sebastian Pinera, Maria Elena, Pinera Organizations: MI6, Uniunea Europeană Locations: Maria, Antofagasta, Chile, Paris, Britanie, Australia

☆ Заявление: "Великобритания идет на прямую конфронтацию с Россией"
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-18 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Великобритания в настоящее время идет на прямую конфронтацию с Россией, однако такая политика недальновидна. Об этом во вторник, 18 мая, заявил директор Службы внешней разведки (СВР) России Сергей Нарышкин в интервью «Би-би-си». Ранее сообщалось, что в том же интервью Нарышкин рассказал, что вступил в переписку с главой британской разведывательной службы MI6 (Ми-6) Ричардом Муром. Как пояснил директор СВР, в результате этой переписки он надеется выйти на личный контакт с шефом британской разведки. Предположительно, новый отряд будет работать вместе с Секретной разведывательной службой MI6 над проведением тайных операций по наблюдению за российскими шпионами и военными подразделениями.

Persons: Сергей Нарышкин, Нарышкин, Ми) Ричард Мур Organizations: MI6, Служба внешней разведки (СВР), Бибиси, СВР, Секретная разведывательная служба Locations: Великобритания, Россия, Москва, Лондон

☆ DW: Mijloacele de spionaj ale serviciilor secrete ale Moscovei sunt similare cu cele folosite pe timpul Uniunii Sovietice
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-04 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: ReutersDW: Mijloacele de spionaj ale serviciilor secrete ale Moscovei sunt similare cu cele folosite pe timpul Uniunii SovieticeMijloacele de spionaj ale serviciilor secrete ale Moscovei sunt similare cu cele folosite pe timpul Uniunii Sovietice. Asasinările agenților dubli și ale dezertorilor din domeniul serviciilor secrete sunt și ele mijloace istorice folosite de Moscova. Cu toate acestea, operațiunile descoperite ale serviciilor secrete rusești au arătat că Moscova a devenit neglijentă. Rezultatul, însă, este o enormă pierdere de prestigiu politic, sancțiuni, și o rată foarte scăzută de succes a operațiunilor. Totuși, John Sawers, fost director al serviciului de informații externe britanic, MI6, estimează că sunt detectate doar 10% din operațiunile serviciilor secrete rusești.

Persons: Uniunii Sovietice ., Christopher Nehring, Alexei Navalnîi, Vladimir Nesterovici, Thomas Rid, John Sawers Organizations: Stasi, Ministerul, Interne, GRU, americană, IT, Deutsche, KGB, Armata SUA, Universitatea Johns Hopkins, NATO, MI6 Locations: Moscovei, Uniunii Sovietice, Rusia, Rusiei, Occident, Berlin, RDG, Bulgaria, Italia, Republica Cehă, german, URSS, Moscova, SUA, britanic

☆ Глава британской разведки назвал Россию «объективно ослабевающей» страной
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-25 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Глава британской разведки MI6 Ричард Мур в интервью Sunday Times назвал Россию «объективно ослабевающей» страной, передает tvrain.ru. «Когда получаешь такую модель безрассудного поведения, и потом смотришь на то, что происходит вокруг Украины — конечно же, это нас беспокоит. Вот почему мы так тесно координируем свои действия с нашими союзниками, чтобы убедиться, что мы посылаем четкие сигналы президенту Путину», — заявил глава разведки. 23 апреля глава британской спецслужбы радиоэлектронной разведки — Центра правительственной связи (GCHQ) Джереми Флеминг заявил о причастности России к кибератаке на правительственные учреждения США и назвал Россию «самой острой угрозой» для Великобритании с точки зрения кибербезопасности. В марте Минобороны Великобритании в своем докладе назвало Россию самой большой угрозой безопасности Европы.

Persons: —, Ричард Мур, Мур, Путин, Джереми Флеминг Organizations: Центр правительственной связи (), Минобороны Locations: —, Россия, Украина, Лондон, Вашингтон, Чехия, США, Великобритания, Европа

„Astăzi, legendarul ofiţer de informaţii (...) George Blake nu mai este. Blake a furnizat KGB numele a sute de agenţi şi a dezvăluit existenţa unui tunel secret în Berlinul de Est folosit pentru a-i spiona pe sovietici, citează Agerpres. Salutat ca un erou la Moscova, Blake primeşte din partea serviciilor de informaţii ruse gradul de colonel. În pofida dezmembrării URSS, căreia şi-a dedicat viaţa, Blake nu şi-a regretat niciodată faptele. George Blake era ultimul supravieţuitor al unei generaţii celebre de agenţi dubli britanici, „cârtiţe” pe care URSS a reuşit să le recruteze în plin Război Rece.

Persons: George Blake, El, Serghei Ivanov, Blake, . Blake, Fugarul Organizations: MI6, KGB Locations: Rusiei, Olanda, Rece, Coreea, Berlinul, Est, Agerpres, polonez, Republica Democrată Germană, RDG, Moscova, URSS

☆ A murit fostul agent dublu George Blake: Povestea de film a britanicului care a spionat pentru sovietici
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

„Astăzi, legendarul ofiţer de informaţii George Blake nu mai este. Salutat ca un erou la Moscova, Blake primeşte din partea serviciilor de informaţii ruse gradul de colonel. Interogat după arestare, el a declarat: „Nu știu ce am predat, pentru că au foarte multe lucruri”. În pofida dezmembrării URSS, căreia şi-a dedicat viaţa, el nu şi-a regretat niciodată faptele. George Blake era ultimul supravieţuitor al unei generaţii celebre de agenţi dubli britanici, „cârtiţe” pe care URSS a reuşit să le recruteze în plin Război Rece.

Persons: George Blake, El, Serghei Ivanov, Coreea . Blake, Blake, Fugarul Organizations: MI6, KGB Locations: Rusiei, Olanda, Rece, Coreea, Berlinul, Est, polonez, Republica Democrată Germană, RDG, Moscova, Europa de Est, URSS

„Cu mare tristeţe trebuie să anunţ că David Cornwell, cunoscut în lume sub numele John le Carré, a decedat după o scurtă boală (fără legătură cu Covid-19) în Cornwall sâmbătă seară, 12 decembrie 2020. Scriitorul britanic a fost considerat un maestru al romanului de spionaj, multe dintre lucrările sale fiind ecranizate pentru marile ecrane. În cariera sa, John le Carré a scris 25 de romane și un volum de memorii publicat în 2016, The Pigeon Tunnel. A fost însă nevoit să se retragă din MI6, după ce agentul dublu Kim Philby l-a deconspirat în fața KGB-ului, alături de mulți alți compatrioți. Ultimul său roman a fost Agent Running in the Field, publicat în 2019.

Persons: David Cornwell, John, Jonny Geller, Curtis Brown, Kim Philby, Stephen King, britanic Simon Sebag Montefiore Organizations: MI6, KGB Locations: Cornwall, Londra, britanic

☆ Manager Aeroflot, arestat în Rusia sub acuzaţia de spionaj în favoarea Marii Britanii
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Autorităţile ruse l-au arestat preventiv pe un manager al companiei aeriene Aeroflot sub acuzaţia de activităţi de spionaj în favoarea Marii Britanii, anunţă agenţiile de presă ruse, citate de agenţia Reuters, citată de Mediafax. Potrivit agenţiilor de presă Tass şi RIA Novosti, suspectul arestat este Dmitri Fedotkin, membru al conducerii filialei Aeroflot din Londra. Conform unor surse din cadrul comisiei de anchetă, suspectul a transmis informaţii secrete despre situaţia socială şi politică din Rusia Serviciului britanic de informaţii externe (MI6). Compania Aeroflot a anunţat că nu are informaţii despre acest caz. Tribunalul districtual Lefortovski din Moscova a anunţat că există un dosar de înaltă trădare în acest caz.

Persons: Reuters, Dmitri Fedotkin, Suspectul, suspectul Organizations: Mediafax, MI6 Locations: Britanii, Aeroflot, Londra, Rusia, Moscova

☆ Выборы в США: нераскрытые страницы политического противостояния
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-02 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +15 min

Потому что происходящие события говорят о кризисе мировой системы управления. Мы уже писали, что данный проект является основным и очень серьезным. Основой их проекта является Совет пяти, и в проекте построения мировой мессианской, аристократической пирамиды - это высочайший уровень в мировой иерархии. Эта пандемия - часть проекта, проекта рукотворного и глубоко деструктивного. Порядок, о котором говорит Генри Киссинджер подразумевает реализацию ротшильдовского проекта, проекта Совета пяти, мистического проекта переустройства нашего мира и ломки нашей цивилизации.

Persons: Джордж Флойд, Дональд Трамп, Джо Байден, Трамп, Байден, Рене Генон, Ротшильдов, Техе, Т. Марр, Джордж Бушстарший, Дэвид Рокфеллер, Збигнев Бжезинский, Аверелл Гарриман, Генри Киссинджер, Брент Скоукрофт, Михаил Горбачев, Каррингтон, Приорат Сиона, ИоаннПавел, Бушастарший, Клинтонов, Клинтон, Ротшильда, Диана, Ротшильды, Линн Форестер де Ротшильд, Ивлина, Хиллари, Билл Клинтонов, Питер Мандельсон, Джон Рид, Николас Соме, Черчилль, Алистер Кэмпбелл, Рональд Дирлав, Хиллари Клинтон, Тони Блэр, Блэр, Линн Форестер, Ротшильд, Билл Клинтон, Шотландский, Лев Николаевич Гумилев, Хаим Вейцман, Вячеслав Матвеев Organizations: Truth Publishers, MI6, Street, Республиканская партия, Национальный съезд, Демократическая, Совет, Совет Пяти, Совет Тринадцати, Большой Совет Друидов, Совет Девяти., Большая печать, Бильдербергская группа, Новый мировой порядок, Совет Мудрецов, Совет Девяти, Оранжерея, Ротшильдов, Общество Жака де Моле, СМИ Locations: США, Соединенные Штаты, Америка, Калифорния, НьюЙорку, Чикаго, Детройт, Ротшильды, Ватикан, Кенсингтонский дворец, Великобритания, Китай, КНР, Восток, Новое Средневековье, Государство Израиль

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