Category: Espionage And Transnational Repression in the US

An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act  CNN

An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act  CNN

An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act  CNN

Linda Sun: Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act on alleged Chinese agent in New York  CNN

An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act  CNN

An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act  CNN

An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act  CNN

As early as the 1920s, the Soviet Union, through its GRU, OGPU, NKVD, and KGB intelligence agencies, used Russian and foreign-born nationals (resident spies), as well as Communists of American origin, to perform espionage activities in the United States, forming various spy rings.

Russian espionage in the United States has occurred since at least the Cold War (as the Soviet Union), and likely well before. According to the United States government, by 2007 it had reached Cold War levels.

Ionov, Sukhodolov, Popov, Yeshitela, Hess, Nevel and Romain are charged with conspiring to have U.S. citizens act as illegal agents of the Russian government within the United States without providing prior notification to the Attorney General, as required by law.