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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'': Ocelot is a KGB double agent spying on GRU's Colonel Volgin. [[spoiler: Except he's really a CIA agent spying on both of them.]]
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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'': ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': Ocelot is a KGB double agent spying on GRU's Colonel Volgin. [[spoiler: Except he's really a CIA agent spying on both of them.]]
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Beria was less trigger-happy but, unfortunately, [[AxeCrazy completely insane]]. That said, another take on Beria views him as a pragmatic man (and also a serial rapist) who was brought in specifically to do something with the unholy mess the Great Purges turned into. Since he was the first person to lose in the political infighting which came after Stalin's death, there is plenty of opportunity to suspect WrittenByTheWinners and scapegoating in his case, with a number of researchers denying the sexual crimes as well, but that's [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment a subject yet to be resolved]].
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Beria was less trigger-happy but, unfortunately, [[AxeCrazy completely insane]]. That said, another take on Beria views him as a pragmatic man (and also a serial rapist) who was brought in specifically to do something with the unholy mess the Great Purges turned into. Since he was the first person to lose in the political infighting which came after Stalin's death, there is plenty of opportunity to suspect WrittenByTheWinners and scapegoating in his case, with a number of researchers denying the sexual crimes as well, but that's [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment a subject yet to be resolved]].
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In addition to killing people, the KGB also liked to engage in sexual compromise operations (which they called ''Kompromat'') and sent forged documents purporting to be from Western intelligence agencies etc. to unsuspecting or friendly journalists. It's alleged that their successor, the FSB, still does the HoneyTrap thing. Any comment on the relevance of this to current affairs [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is best discussed elsewhere.]]
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In addition to killing people, the KGB also liked to engage in sexual compromise operations (which they called ''Kompromat'') and sent forged documents purporting to be from Western intelligence agencies etc. to unsuspecting or friendly journalists. It's alleged that their successor, the FSB, still does the HoneyTrap thing. Any comment on the relevance of this to current affairs [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is best discussed elsewhere.]]
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** There was also Service A -- whose job was disinformation. They did stuff like putting fake articles and news items into Newspapers, Journals, Radio and TV Broadcasts, and generally screwing with the public's mind. That's right, [[UrExample these guys were dealing in "Fake News" before it was even a thing]]. How effective it was, is somewhat hazy, [[MilesGloriosus since they had the bad habit of exaggerating their success]]. They're still at it, just more discreet. The actual impacts of this, or lack thereof, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment are best discussed elsewhere]].
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** There was also Service A -- whose job was disinformation. They did stuff like putting fake articles and news items into Newspapers, Journals, Radio and TV Broadcasts, and generally screwing with the public's mind. That's right, [[UrExample these guys were dealing in "Fake News" before it was even a thing]]. How effective it was, is somewhat hazy, [[MilesGloriosus since they had the bad habit of exaggerating their success]]. They're still at it, just more discreet. The actual impacts of this, or lack thereof, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment are best discussed elsewhere]].elsewhere.
