Excellent info, contacting with KGB men/women counter espionage tactics the Soviets did against NGOs.
If they weren't paid and privileged KGB personnel, stuck in their careers doing inhumane counter espionage tactics, it shows the character some of them possessed, some could still squeak out some normal humanity.
Just excellent first hand story telling, thankyou so much Roberta Cohen.
This confirms the best of the ex CIA officers' observations.
Wonder what things are like now, and are all NGOs in Russia under even more thuggish FSB counter espionage internal tactics? What are the new gen FSB counter espionage people like.
They'd have to be.
I guess the only way to find out is NOT have any CIA guidance of any of the NGOs that still have a footprint around the world, and just gather what comes out of the mouths of those NGO staff unprodded, and that info would be shared, it's just life to want to share one's own history.
I'll ask AI and see what NGO staff are experiencing.
Intel gathering what the FSB's modern counter espionage consists of, would be I guess cutting edge to your excellent stories info here.
I very much appreciate your comments and the questions you raise. There was a period after the fall of the Soviet Union when civil society began to blossom and human rights NGOs formed and carried forward different programs. Sakharov founded Memorial to preserve the memory of those held in Stalin-era labor camps and prisons and also to address recent human rights developments. But beginning in 2006, government regulations and restrictions were introduced under Putin's direction and by 2015, groups were banned, denounced as 'undesirable' or as 'foreign agents,' forbidden from receiving funds from abroad or collaborating with foreign groups. Memorial was closed (I believe its records are in Germany.) This year, international NGOs like Amnesty Intl and Human Rights Watch were banned in Russia and called undesirable. The stifling of political opposition and human rights dissent has gone hand in hand with the crackdown on NGOs and civil society. How the KGB has been operating toward all these groups I can only imagine. As you comment, NGOs can provide some of this information. Thank you again for your interest and concern.
How interesting. I must have missed parts 1 and 3. Did you post them as well. If so, I will look for them. I am glad that Roberta was safe in her interactions with Soviet Agents. It could have gone not so well for her.
Excellent info, contacting with KGB men/women counter espionage tactics the Soviets did against NGOs.
If they weren't paid and privileged KGB personnel, stuck in their careers doing inhumane counter espionage tactics, it shows the character some of them possessed, some could still squeak out some normal humanity.
Just excellent first hand story telling, thankyou so much Roberta Cohen.
This confirms the best of the ex CIA officers' observations.
Wonder what things are like now, and are all NGOs in Russia under even more thuggish FSB counter espionage internal tactics? What are the new gen FSB counter espionage people like.
They'd have to be.
I guess the only way to find out is NOT have any CIA guidance of any of the NGOs that still have a footprint around the world, and just gather what comes out of the mouths of those NGO staff unprodded, and that info would be shared, it's just life to want to share one's own history.
I'll ask AI and see what NGO staff are experiencing.
Intel gathering what the FSB's modern counter espionage consists of, would be I guess cutting edge to your excellent stories info here.
I very much appreciate your comments and the questions you raise. There was a period after the fall of the Soviet Union when civil society began to blossom and human rights NGOs formed and carried forward different programs. Sakharov founded Memorial to preserve the memory of those held in Stalin-era labor camps and prisons and also to address recent human rights developments. But beginning in 2006, government regulations and restrictions were introduced under Putin's direction and by 2015, groups were banned, denounced as 'undesirable' or as 'foreign agents,' forbidden from receiving funds from abroad or collaborating with foreign groups. Memorial was closed (I believe its records are in Germany.) This year, international NGOs like Amnesty Intl and Human Rights Watch were banned in Russia and called undesirable. The stifling of political opposition and human rights dissent has gone hand in hand with the crackdown on NGOs and civil society. How the KGB has been operating toward all these groups I can only imagine. As you comment, NGOs can provide some of this information. Thank you again for your interest and concern.
In the 3d sentence from the bottom, KGB should have been replaced by FSB...
You can edit your comment, Roberta. Look to the 3 dots top right.
How interesting. I must have missed parts 1 and 3. Did you post them as well. If so, I will look for them. I am glad that Roberta was safe in her interactions with Soviet Agents. It could have gone not so well for her.
Yes, Linda, you can find parts 1 and 2 of Ms. Cohen’s excellent series on our site.
Thanks. I did find them. I had already read them but did not remember or connect them to this part. Now I will.