Dorian Lynskey

Russia’s long history of smears, sabotage and barefaced lies

Mark Hollingsworth describes how the KGB became the world’s most industrious conspiracy-theory factory, with its agents of influence dedicated to sowing maximum confusion

The British Labour MP Bob Edwards, revealed to have been recruited by the KGB’s agents of influence. [Getty Images] 
issue 12 August 2023
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    Mark Hollingsworth

    Oneworld, pp. 320, £20

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