Assassins

”…astonishing for the scale of inside knowledge and geographical span rendered un-put-downable by a lucid style and lots of witty asides.“– “World Association of International Studies””…this book is long overdue and a fascinating account of what goes on in Russia to this day.“– “Books Monthly”“A more popular readership might value the many colorful details that the author culls from his interviews…”– “Terrorism and Political Violence”“Like all of Boris’s books, this one is astonishing for the scale of inside knowledge and geographical span rendered un-put-downable by a lucid style and lots of witty asides.”–Professor Sir Pail Preston

BORIS VOLODARSKY is a British intelligence historian, member of the Cambridge intelligence seminar led by Professor Christopher Andrew. A former military intelligence officer who defended his doctoral thesis in intelligence history at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr Volodarsky is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London and a former Visiting Fellow of the Cañada Blanch Centre of the LSE. He is a regular contributor to radio programs and documentaries including BBC Panorama, the British TV series Once Upon a Time in Londongrad (Sky, 2022) and the Spanish TV series Project Niños, (Dmax, 2020) and the author of many articles published in The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Spectator as well as in academic intelligence journals in Britain and the USA. His previous works include Stalin’s Agent, three volumes of The KGB’s Poison Factory (From Lenin to Litvinenko, Assassins and To Kill a Mocking Bird) and several important studies of intelligence. As an academic historian, Boris continues to write books on intelligence history (his current project is a new history of the KGB in six volumes, the first volume came out in 2023 and the second is planned for 2025) also producing films where he acts as director and chief consultant. His documentaries Spy Capital and Spy Capital 2 had their world premiere in Cannes and received many international prizes as the Best Feature Film.