In late 1825, a group of reform-minded Russian military officers believed the time was ripe to end the rule of the czars.

The Cheka, and Lenin’s deployment of it, was just a hint at what the Russian secret police would become, however. Some people regarded Lenin as a champion of the country’s workers, ... Lenin had aimed ...

Secret Service, Park Police both preparing for Army birthday parade, 'We're not messing around' Security will be tight for Saturday's event. By Luke Barr and Victor Oquendo.

Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan's State Security Service to Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization, these agencies typically target ...

Long Arm of the Law Comes for Russian Crypto: Why Secret Service Seized Garantex Your email has been sent The U.S. Secret Service has seized the website of Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex ...

The year is 1917. Millions of Russians had been either killed or wounded. The Russian people were angry at Tsar Nicholas II for getting Russia into the war.

The National Police of Ukraine have warned that the Russian secret services are on the lookout for people on social media to carry out terrorist attacks, but ultimately they don’t pay them and they ...

Vladimir Putin's secret police have been hauling young Russians out of cars and forcing them to enlist in the army. Disturbing footage shows security forces conducting mass raids to grab ...

A heavily-redacted, secret 2023 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report reveals deep concerns within Canada’s national-security apparatus that unprecedented social inequality and growing ...

They shut down Russia’s elected Constituent Assembly, murdered Tsar Nicholas II and his family, set up the Cheka secret police and created the Comintern, a body dedicated to world revolution.