Att upptäcka ryska illegalister
(2024) UNDA23 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Illegals have been a tool of Russia's intelligence service since 1922. Directorate S is one of Russia's intelligence service's most secret parts, and responsible for the illegals program. Few have insight into the activities and little are known about it. In order for a state's counterintelligence to be able to deal with a security threat, the security threat must first be identified, and this is where illegals pose a challenge. Given the changed security policy situation, with war in Europe and a broader area of conflict between Russia and the West, there is an increased relevance and topicality in studying the factors for Russia's use of illegalists based on counterespionage and detection. This study aims to investigate what consequences... (More)
- Illegals have been a tool of Russia's intelligence service since 1922. Directorate S is one of Russia's intelligence service's most secret parts, and responsible for the illegals program. Few have insight into the activities and little are known about it. In order for a state's counterintelligence to be able to deal with a security threat, the security threat must first be identified, and this is where illegals pose a challenge. Given the changed security policy situation, with war in Europe and a broader area of conflict between Russia and the West, there is an increased relevance and topicality in studying the factors for Russia's use of illegalists based on counterespionage and detection. This study aims to investigate what consequences Russia's use of illegals can have for a state's counterintelligence regarding detection of illegals. Three different cases between 1952 – 2010 are analyzed, from the first indication of anomaly, to the discovery and up to the end of the investigation. (Less)
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- author
- Dahlström, Johan LU and Wallinius, Björn LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Utmaningar och konsekvenser för ett kontraspionage
- course
- UNDA23 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- illegals, counterintelligence, event of concern
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9154658
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-18 09:28:13
- date last changed
- 2024-06-18 09:28:13
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