The compatriots: the brutal and chaotic history of Russia's exiles, emigrés, and agents abroad

Soviet/Russian foreign intelligence organizations and departments in charge of keeping tabs on Russian emigrés

Cast of characters

Part 1. Spies and dissidents

Talent spotting

Identifying targets

The cost of love

"The Horse"

"The Mother"

Operations area: United States

The tide turns

Warring narratives

Stalin's daughter

Now it's official

Bear in the West

The KGB thinks big

Moving people

The other Russia

Part 2. Market Forces

Moving the money

The scheme devised

Muddying the waters

Some habits die hard

Cooperation and rebranding

Part 3. Putin's project

A fresh start

The siege

Getting out the message

The crisis

Courting the White Church

Reunion

Part 4. Means of outreach

Political emigration: restart

Illusions crushed

"We need Some targeted hits"

Desperate times

When the Party's over

Eliminating the problem

Chasing a poison

Everything old is new again

The fears of the super-rich

Epilogue.