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#32 Shaun Walker: Inside the Brutal Life of Russia's Elite Spies
How do elite Russian spies operate? How are they recruited and trained, and what makes the life of these "Illegals" so miserable?
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In this episode of The Next Best, host Marcel Dirsus sits down with Shaun Walker, foreign correspondent for The Guardian and author of "The Illegals". They dive deep into the brutal psychological reality, extreme recruitment methods, and history of Russia’s deep-cover intelligence network—from the Soviet era to Putin’s modern-day spy ring.
They also discuss the sacrifices made by spy…
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