Andrei Soldatov
Visiting fellow
Biography
Andrei Soldatov is an investigative journalist, now in exile, co-founder, and editor of Agentura.ru, a online watchdog of Russia’s security and intelligence services.
As a journalist, Soldatov covered the terrorist attacks in Russia, the 2006 Lebanon War from Lebanon and tensions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the rise of the Russian security state under Putin, and the role of Russia’s intelligence agencies in the war in Ukraine.
Research
- Security services
- Internet censorship
- Cyber
Publications
- 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)
- The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin (PublicAffairs, 2019, 2022).
Articles
Research Centres & Groups
Research
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence provides a platform for sharing research and ideas in the field of intelligence.
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.
Research
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence provides a platform for sharing research and ideas in the field of intelligence.
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.