How accurate is the depiction of the KGB?
The movie Commander Hamilton (orig.: Hamilton) seems to be set roughly at the time it was produced (1998), due to its use of cell phones and Russia instead of the Soviet Union, as well as the operation of the Anglo-Norwegian Steel Co. in Murmansk. But it also seems to present the KGB as an actively working institution, e.g. when it is said that
Whether KGB likes it or not they have to help us.
or when Barabanov is presented to be an active KGB agent. Yet, I thought the KGB was officially closed in 1991. But maybe they are just talking casually about ex-KGB officers that still have more or less their previous functions or the inofficial situation in Murmansk is/was more vague.
So what is the actual time frame the movie is supposed to be set and how historically accurate is the depiction of the KGB and its interactions with the other institutions in the movie? Do the novels maybe give more insight into this or is this maybe to blame on a not too accurate adaptation of the novels' story into a more modern setting?
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What is the current equivalent of the KGB?
The KGB's main successors are the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) and the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service) .Who is the best KGB spy?
Oleg GordievskyOleg Gordievsky CMGEspionage activityAllegianceSoviet Union (British secret agent since 1974) United KingdomService branchKGB SIS/MI6RankColonel of the KGB12 more rowsWho is better KGB or CIA?
KGB was better. KGB was everywhere including the USA. The KGB was very good at infiltrating local police abroad if they wanted to carry out an assassination abroad. CIA on the other hand, was too direct in it's spying, that they would often be beaten to their own game.Did the KGB have agents in the US?
As early as the 1920s, the Soviet Union, through its GRU, OGPU, NKVD, and KGB intelligence agencies, used Russian and foreign-born nationals, as well as Communists of American origin to perform espionage activities in the United States, forming various spy rings.The Russian Operatives Who Posed as Everyday Americans
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