
Biography
Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder, and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. He is co-author with Irina Borogan of The New Nobility. The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (PublicAffairs, 2010), The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries (PublicAffairs, 2015) and The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad (PublicAffairs, 2019).
Research
- Security services
- Internet censorship
- Cyber
Latest publications
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2022-02-26/man-behind-putins-military
Features
What impact has the war on Ukraine had on Russian security and intelligence?
The invasion of Ukraine has changed how Putin’s secret empire operates, both at home and abroad.

Features
What impact has the war on Ukraine had on Russian security and intelligence?
The invasion of Ukraine has changed how Putin’s secret empire operates, both at home and abroad.
