With intrigue that rivals the best le Carré novels, Russians Among
Us tells the explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the
United States and the West--from the end of the Cold War to the
present and the significant threat of hacking the 2020 election
Spies have long been a source of great fascination in the world of
fiction, but sometimes the best spy stories happen in real life.
Russians Among Us tells the full story of Putin's escalating espionage
campaign in the West, the Russian 'deep cover' spies who penetrated the
US and the years-long FBI hunt to capture them. This book also details
the recruitment, running, and escape of one of the most important spies
of modern times, a man who worked inside the heart of Russian
intelligence. In this thrilling account Corera tracks not only the
history, but the astonishing evolution of Russian espionage, including
the use of 'cyber illegals' who continue to manipulate us today and pose
a significant threat to the 2020 election.
Like a scene from the TV drama The Americans, in the summer of 2010 a
group of Russian deep cover sleeper agents were arrested. It was the
culmination of a decade-long investigation, and ten people, including
Anna Chapman, were swapped for four people held in Russia. At the time
it was seen simply as a throwback to the Cold War. But that would prove
to be a costly mistake. It was a sign that the Russian threat had never
gone away and more importantly, it was shifting into a much more
disruptive new phase. Today, the danger is clearer than ever following
the poisoning in the UK of one of the spies who was swapped, Sergei
Skripal, and the growing evidence of Russian interference in American
life.
Russians Among Us describes for the first time the story of deep cover
spies in America and the FBI agents who tracked them. In intimate and
riveting detail, it reveals new information about today's spies--as well
as those trying to catch them and those trying to kill them.
