Russia Update

The Interpreter has obtained 9 more KGB manuals.

The Interpreter is launching a new GoFundMe page to support the translation, analysis and presentation of never-before-published KGB training manuals spanning multiple decades.

President Trump calls it the “Fake Dirty Dossier.” We have been through every line of former MI6 agent Christopher Steele’s allegations to assess their accuracy

Recently, Atlantic Council held a private dinner with Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven, provoking some criticism among Russian exiles.

A Yekaterinburg journalist who wrote about Urals fighters in the mercenary company Wagner has died after a fall from his fifth-floor apartment.

A Russian escort featured in Russian opposition Alexey Navalny’s recent expose of possible connections between former Trump aide Paul Manafort through Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to the Kremlin has been arrested in Thailand and has asked for political asylum in the US.

A plaza in honor of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was unveiled in Washington, DC. Meanwhile, Nemtsov’s colleagues in Moscow struggle to keep his memory visible.

The top Kremlin TV propagandist has said “Trump is dangerous” over North Korea.

Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, 31, emerged as the winner in snap parliamentary elections last weekend. He will be the youngest leader in the world.

FindFace, a new facial-recognition technology developed by Russians is used in Russia both to capture wanted criminals — and deter opposition supporters from turning out to demonstrations.