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Topic: Russian spy

Russian ‘spy’ living in France for 14 years arrested over plot to disrupt Paris Olympics

According to French authorities, the 40-year-old has links to Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian Internal Security and counter-intelligence service.

Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov found shot dead in underground garage in Spain

Russia’s foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said ‘Kuzminov became a moral corpse at the very moment when he planned his dirty and terrible crime.’

Russian ice-hockey player arrested in Poland on suspicion of spying

Prosecutors said the player carried out activities including identifying critical infra, for which he was paid. He will be in pre-trial detention and could get up to 10 yrs in jail.

Switzerland houses highest number of Russian spies in Europe, says intelligence agency report

The FIS report said Switzerland has increased monitoring of India & Turkey, in the wake of the Ukraine war, since Russia has been using companies in these nations for procurement.

London court sentences 13 years jail to British embassy guard who spied for Russia

David Ballantyne Smith, 58, collected confidential information for more than three years, including ‘secret’ govt communications with then PM Boris Johnson.

Russia discovers identity of US spy who tracked Kremlin interference in 2016 election

The US reportedly pulled the agent out of Russia in 2017, in part out of concern that Trump might, in his freewheeling style, somehow reveal the spy’s identity.

A 29-year-old Russian spy in US custody and Taliban is not bombing civilian areas

Trump contradicts his own statements over Russian interference in 2016 elections and China gets its own 'Robinson Crusoe'.

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How did Nepal become a ‘Hindu Rashtra’?

Nepal called itself ‘world’s only Hindu kingdom’ for much of the previous century. However, for most of history, the country was religiously, politically, and ethnically fragmented.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.