Dominic Foster
Bio
Dom Foster is a writer of espionage, crime and adventure fiction. His articles are drawn from research conducted for his stories. His most recent novella "The Dark Heart of Dixie" (a black comedy with serial killers) is available on Amazon.
Stories (1/0)
What Is the GRU (And Why We Should Be Very Afraid of It!)
Back in the 1980s, the West was terrified of two Soviet intelligence agencies. The first was the KGB, who ran spy rings and handled internal security (especially the border police and the gulags). It was effective but something of a blunt instrument. Even inside Russia its name was sometimes jokingly translated as Kontora Grubykh Banditov or “Office of Crude Bandits.” The KGB's main job was preserving the USSR by suppressing dissent and gathering information about foreign threats. It had a pretty merciless reputation and much of its impact came from a widespread belief that it was always watching.
By Dominic Foster6 years ago in The Swamp
