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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Moscow revives long and bloody history of silencing its enemies

Twelve months ago the Duma passed a law allowing Russian security agents to pursue "terrorists" overseas and to kill them if they were deemed a threat. The clear aim was to kill Chechen fighters who had sought refuge in neighbouring countries. But the law also allowed the FSB, the successor to the KGB, to resume a practice that had been officially halted since the disbandment of an organisation (well known to James Bond readers) called Smersh, an acronym for Death to Spies, that was set up by the Soviet Union to hunt down and destroy its enemies around the world.
Prof. Hex at 1:32 PM
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