Ukrainian intelligence decides to play a trick

Widespread television coverage was recently given to Vladimir Putin’s celebration of “Russian Navy Day”. There were all the speeches, parades and razzamatazz that Putin loves. But, behind the scenes, the GUR, the Ukrainian military intelligence service, had been busy. Russian marines were pleased to find messages of support on their …

Forgotten Heroes of Espionage (6)

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Scotland (1882-1965) In February 1947 some strange headlines appeared in British newspapers such as: “MI5 officer was on Nazi General Staff!” and “Britain’s Master Spy!”. Of course, the headlines were all poppycock as newspaper headlines generally are. But beneath those headlines lurked a story of a first …