Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency

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Tracking Putin's Most Feared Secret Agency---From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond

The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.

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Evan Gershkovich: “Scanning the passengers, he locked his eyes squarely on one of those prisoners—me. He said nothing, staring in silence for nearly a minute. Then he turned and walked back to his curtained-off section of the presidential jet. I was left to wonder about this man at the helm of the exchange, who appeared to hold my fate in his hands.” “When I was arrested by Russia’s security forces in 2023—the first foreign correspondent charged…