By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 December 2025
Soviet Strategy and the Downfall of Salvador Allende
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Tag Archives: Magnificent Five
Taking the Right Lessons From the Dismantling of the Russian Illegals Network in Brazil
The Soviet Union Won the Second World War
The Petrov Affair: Soviet Spies and Australian Reaction in the Early Cold War
The CIA: In Theory and In Practice
Remembering Korea: The First “Hot War” of the Cold War
The Soviet Capture of Australia’s Intelligence System
A Flawed Film Brings Attention to the Soviet Terror-Famine in Ukraine
British MP, Soviet Spy: Tom Driberg
The Role of the “Fraternal Parties” in the Soviet Union’s Global Mission
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 August 2021
After the post looking at the relationship of Reuben Falber and the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to the Soviet Union—namely the total subservience of the former to the latter—a follow-up was intended on the broader issue of the how the KGB and its predecessors interacted with the “fraternal” Parties around the world. Eighteen months later, this is that post. Let’s blame COVID.
The accusation that the Communist Parties around the world were fronts for the KGB was often derided as “McCarthyism” while the Cold War was going on. Arguments about that term in general to one side,[1] it certainly did not apply in this case. The accusations as stated were entirely factual. Continue reading
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