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Book – N. Kikishev, Vstan’ i idi. Afganskaia epopeia spetsnaza GRU, 2010.


  Николай Кикишев, Встань и иди. Афганская эпопея спецназа ГРУ.  Издательство: М.:ОНИКС. 2010

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Book – A.Przhezdomskii, Za kulisami Putcha. Rossiiskie chekisty protiv razvala organov KGB v 1991 godu, 2011


А.С.Пржездомский. За кулисами путча. Российские чекисты против развала органов КГБ в 1991 году. – М.: Вече, 2011. – 496 с.

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Book – Julie Fedor, Russia and the Cult of State Security. The Chekist Tradition, From Lenin to Putin, June 2011


Julie Fedor, Russia and the Cult of State Security. The Chekist Tradition, From Lenin to Putin, Routledge, “Studies in Intelligence”, June 2011, 292 pages

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Book – Gary K. Busch, “FREE-FOR-ALL: The Post-Soviet Transition Of Russia”


Gary K. Busch, “FREE-FOR-ALL: The Post-Soviet Transition Of Russia”, VBW Publishing, 2011, http://www.virtualbookworm.com/publishing.html.

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Book & Lecture – Soldatov & Borogan, The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB


Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan,  The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB, The Perseus Books Group, 2010. Publisher’s note: The Soviet KGB, the notorious secret police, was all-powerful, but fully under … Continue reading

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