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It's very far from sex: Woman claiming to be ex-Russian spy shares how she used sexpionage for confidential info

Referring to more women like her back in Russia, she asserted, 'I saw all these other female agents who reached a certain age, like 56. They were so miserable, so lonely. They were not allowed to have private lives. They couldn't have families. … I couldn't allow that to happen to me.'

29 April 2024, 06:53 IST

It's very far from sex: Woman claiming to be ex-Russian spy shares how she used sexpionage for confidential info

It's very far from sex: Woman claiming to be ex-Russian spy shares how she used sexpionage for confidential info

It's very far from sex: Woman claiming to be ex-Russian spy shares how she used sexpionage for confidential info

29 April 2024, 06:53 IST

Explained | What is Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region?

Transdniestria's unresolved status, dependent on Russia, gives Moscow a foothold in Moldova, a poor country whose current government is struggling to free itself from Russian influence and eventually join the European Union.

29 February 2024, 16:08 IST

Explained | What is Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region?

Explained | What is Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region?

Explained | What is Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region?

29 February 2024, 16:08 IST

Putin bids for new term with nuclear warnings despite execution of treaties to limit arms and weapons

Experts say nuclear weapons have assumed greater importance in Putin's thinking as his conventional forces have struggled in Ukraine and as Western countries have weaned themselves off Russian energy.

12 December 2023, 10:33 IST

Putin bids for new term with nuclear warnings despite execution of treaties to limit arms and weapons

Putin bids for new term with nuclear warnings despite execution of treaties to limit arms and weapons

Putin bids for new term with nuclear warnings despite execution of treaties to limit arms and weapons

12 December 2023, 10:33 IST

Russia-N Korea ties amid shared isolation explained

As Russia's isolation over its war in Ukraine has grown, it has seen increasing value in North Korea.

27 July 2023, 08:44 IST

Explained | Russia, North Korea forge closer ties amid shared isolation

Explained | Russia, North Korea forge closer ties amid shared isolation

Russia-N Korea ties amid shared isolation explained

27 July 2023, 08:44 IST

Five things to know about NATO

At its birth in 1949, NATO was an alliance of North American and western European democracies, facing their Communist foes across the Iron Curtain

04 April 2023, 03:23 IST

Five things to know about NATO

Five things to know about NATO

Five things to know about NATO

04 April 2023, 03:23 IST

China will end up on 'ash heap of history': Nikki Haley

She also took potshots at US President Joe Biden's "weak" leadership, adding that America will not win the fight for the 21st Century if it trusts politicians from the 20th

16 February 2023, 13:14 IST

Like Soviet Union; Communist China will end up on 'ash heap of history': Nikki Haley

Like Soviet Union; Communist China will end up on 'ash heap of history': Nikki Haley

China will end up on 'ash heap of history': Nikki Haley

16 February 2023, 13:14 IST

Former Supreme Soviet chairman Khasbulatov passes away

Khasbulatov was a close ally of Yeltsin in the dying days of the Soviet Union

04 January 2023, 02:05 IST

Former Supreme Soviet chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov passes away

Former Supreme Soviet chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov passes away

Former Supreme Soviet chairman Khasbulatov passes away

04 January 2023, 02:05 IST

Grand historian Putin and the end of 'historical unity'

As the media has framed the conflict in Manichean geopolitical terms, other important aspects and contradictions have receded into the background

22 December 2022, 02:24 IST

The grand historian Putin and the end of 'historical unity'

The grand historian Putin and the end of 'historical unity'

Grand historian Putin and the end of 'historical unity'

22 December 2022, 02:24 IST

Nuclear belligerence: A history of close calls

The 13-day showdown between US President John F Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has been documented in great detail

20 October 2022, 04:21 IST

Nuclear belligerence: A history of close calls

Nuclear belligerence: A history of close calls

Nuclear belligerence: A history of close calls

20 October 2022, 04:21 IST

Russia is losing its grip on its old Soviet sphere

Before President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February, Russia played an outsize role in the affairs of Central Asia and also the volatile Caucasus region

09 October 2022, 23:29 IST

A distracted Russia is losing its grip on its old Soviet sphere

A distracted Russia is losing its grip on its old Soviet sphere

Russia is losing its grip on its old Soviet sphere

09 October 2022, 23:29 IST