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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

The Security Services were ordered to destroy all opposition, no matter how many innocents...

The Security Services were ordered to destroy all opposition, no matter how many innocents were caught up in the process

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The Security Services were ordered
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to destroy all opposition,
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no matter how many innocents were caught up in the process.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:09
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Concorde-New Horizons

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Movie Summary

Millions suffered at the hands of the KGB. Mass executions, secret wars and coup d'états. But today, the security network is arguably stronger than ever.
S01 • E03 An independent inquiry was launched - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
An independent inquiry was launched
S01 • E02 As late as 1981, he was filmed briefing, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
As late as 1981, he was filmed briefing,
S01 • E03 Of the six investigators involved, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Of the six investigators involved,
S01 • E01 (Evgenia speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
(Evgenia speaks Russian)
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 Mikhail Trepashkin was also one of the six. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Mikhail Trepashkin was also one of the six.
S01 • E03 He served four years in prison on trumped up charges. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
He served four years in prison on trumped up charges.
S01 • E02 It wasn't he only target - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
It wasn't he only target
S01 • E03 Still the most vocal of the surviving three, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Still the most vocal of the surviving three,
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 In Putin's Russia, anyone who raises their head - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
In Putin's Russia, anyone who raises their head
S01 • E01 He personally signed the arrest lists - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
He personally signed the arrest lists
S01 • E02 I'd take the files back early in the morning, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
I'd take the files back early in the morning,
S01 • E03 In 2003, the billionaire oligarchs who had underwritten - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
In 2003, the billionaire oligarchs who had underwritten
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) (clapping) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
(dramatic music) (clapping)
S01 • E01 His new henchman as chief of the secret police - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
His new henchman as chief of the secret police
S01 • E01 He was a ruthless and sadistic man, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
He was a ruthless and sadistic man,
S01 • E03 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the wealthiest of all the oligarchs, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the wealthiest of all the oligarchs,
S01 • E02 But the valuable Cambridge network - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
But the valuable Cambridge network
S01 • E01 Very quickly, the Great Terror - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Very quickly, the Great Terror