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> This is a line even the Soviets The Soviets regularly murdered dissidents from the Soviet Union in western countries. That's like half the reason the KGB exi
by __loam 3y ago
> This is a line even the Soviets
The Soviets regularly murdered dissidents from the Soviet Union in western countries. That's like half the reason the KGB existed. You can read about it in The Sword and the Shield by Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, a book directly referencing KGB archives.
- kasey_junk 3y agoThe Sword and the Shield is _great_. It's been a long time since I read it but I don't remember it outlining murdering western citizens who were just dissidents. I do remember a few plots to kill KGB defectors. The more interesting part of that book about assassinations were how many foreign leaders (including nominal allies) they contemplated killing and how close they got to some of them.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Soviets regularly murdered dissidents from the Soviet Union in western countries American citizens in North America?
- __loam 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrokhin_Archive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrokhin_Archive They did a lot of shit in North America but one of the points of Sword and Shield was explaining how assassinations were mainly directed towards ex-Soviet dissidents and not American citizens. I'm not excusing what the Indian Government did here, I'm just saying that the Soviets (and the United States for that matter) regularly performed actions on this level in a number of western countries.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> the Soviets (and the United States for that matter) regularly performed actions on this level in a number of western countries Sure. But America didn’t assassinate Russians in Russia. And the Soviets reciprocated. This is a bright line that someone stupidly crossed. Rogue elements happen. That New Delhi appears blindsided is the concerning bit.