From 1942 onward, the NKVD developed rigorous systems to identify and separate Waffen SS prisoners from regular German soldiers. Seen as ideological threats rather than mere POWs, SS men were held in ...

Former national security adviser John Bolton compared Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the FBI, to one of the former Soviet Union’s most feared secret police chiefs, Lavrentiy Beria ...

This article by Alisa Selezneva was originally published in Russian in Holod Magazine on February 19, 2025. Global Voices translated the article, edited it for clarity, and is republishing it with ...