“There are scores of people who have never recovered, or been recovered, from an FSB interrogation. They’re a hard organization to describe because nothing like the FSB exists in the USA. To get even remotely close, you’d have to ask the CIA to birth a seven-headed hydra with the faces of the FBI, DEA, NSA, Immigration, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, and the Navy Seals with a hangover and a grudge.” CiaFbiInterrogationKgbNavy SealsBad AssesFsbHams Book:Red Russia Source: Red Russia
“There’s no English equivalent for silovik. It doesn’t translate succinctly because to create something as Machiavellian as a silovik requires both the KGB and the GRU, and then a shift from communism to capitalism followed by a gear-grinding reverse into despotism.” PoliticsCapitalismRussiaCommunismDespotismKgbMachiavellianFsbSilovik Book:Red Russia Source: Red Russia