Posted on 01/08/2024 7:34:58 PM PST by Timber Rattler
A counterintelligence directorate created by former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin and made famous by the James Bond novels of author and former British spy Ian Fleming has reportedly made a return to Russia.
SMERSH is a portmanteau of the Russian for "death to spies," or "smert shpionam." It was announced in 1943 as a move to target Nazi spy rings, traitors and foreign agents during the World War II, before it was disbanded in 1946.
Fleming portrayed the group as cold-blooded foes of James Bond. One of his characters was Rosa Klebb—an assassin handy with a flick-knife shoe, who was played by Austrian actress Lotte Lenya in the 1963 film version of From Russia with Love.
Not just a byword for the brutality of the Stalin era, SMERSH has been recreated in the present day to hunt down intelligence officers Moscow believes are targeting Russia, the British Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
In December, Andrey Gurulyov, a Russian parliament (Duma) member and former military commander, told state television channel Russia-1 that SMERSH had been revived in Ukrainian regions that Vladimir Putin declared as annexed, although they are only partially under the control of his forces.
Meanwhile, a video posted on Belgorod Telegram channel Fonar showed local resident Denis Boban apologizing for sharing video of Russian air defenses that had been operating on January 2 against a Ukrainian attack.
He was flanked by two men wearing fatigues with SMERSH uniform patches and described his "willingness to take responsibility," although it is not clear if he faces any criminal charges.
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So, according to you, the OSCE, the governments of Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, etc., plus major pro-NATO/Ukraine American and European media outlets are all participating in this conspiracy.
More like you can’t handle the fact that the Ukrainians are not all sweetness and light angels. The fact is, they are every bit as corrupt as Russia and their SBU is even nastier than the FSB (formerly know as KGB).
But rash of window accidents is purely Christian in nature, and wholly coincidental
Russians good Ukrainians bad…../s
Your sources are more pro-Kremlin blog source garbage, that’s what I’m saying.
SBU is nastier than KGB er ah FSB, right got it
These folks and their pretzels
You are of course, wrong.
lol guess I had to specify sarcasm
Don’t think we disagree on Russian “success”
Sorry for the confusion
No. The article said MEMBERS of the Trump Administration.
Members like.... Pence or the mailboy at the FBI or the head of the FBI or the 51 members of the intel community who said Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian Disinfo.
Read it again...it said at the HIGHEST levels of the Trump Administration.
My sources were not from a blog, but from wiki (which includes links to OSCE reports, etc.), the NYT, Deutsche Welle (German State public media outlet, their version of the BBC), etc. Not a single pro-Kremlin blog (or any blog) source in my post.
You just can’t handle the truth. Fine. But don’t lie about my sources.
I hope and pray that when Trump is elected his eyes are wide open to the swamp rats, many of his choices of personnel were terrine, I do cut him some slack for not realizing how wide the swamp was. This time he will need to choose much more carefully
After what I've seen (what we all have seen) with the Covid MASKS and the one way arrows in grocery stores and the six foot social distance rule, I firmly believe that if some 'authority' asked half the global population to jump off a bridge, they would do so.
You Zeepers lie and exaggerate everything.
Putin is no worse than Zelensky. At least he revived Russia. Zelensky has allowed Ukraine to be torn apart and sold to the highest bidders for personal gain.
Only in Canada will you see our Deputy Prime Minister…Chrystia Freeland…arrest a Journalist today to avoid answering any questions.
She is a confirmed Descendant of a WW2 Nazi.
Goebbels would be so proud. pic.twitter.com/X4YX8CWbVG— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) January 9, 2024
Which faction of Never Trump is it that you belong to?
The problem Trump has is that the Rs are a party of Swamp Rats, and that's because of voters like you
Pence and Pompeo are at the highest levels nincompoop. Trump was the top and he didn’t want Assange killed.
If we're going to be that picky, you missed a coma.
You are, of course, wrong.
Like the pudgy Vindman twins. Funny how they don’t go there and join the war they support.
If one were to say "NO",would that mean that it IS ?
If one were to say "YES" , would their head explode ?
Yes, he’ll probably know the terrine of the swamp much better.
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