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Att upptäcka ryska illegalister

Dahlström, Johan LU and Wallinius, Björn LU (2024) UNDA23 20241
Department 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
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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  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 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.}},
  author       = {{Dahlström, Johan and Wallinius, Björn}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att upptäcka ryska illegalister}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}