The 'Cold War' Returns To The U.S. Embassy In Moscow

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US Embassy in Moscow Faces Cold War-Era Harassment -- ABC News

One American diplomat's tires were slashed. Another's personal email was hacked. Still others reported mysterious break-ins.



The incidents are all signs, U.S. officials and experts said, that aggressive, Soviet-era counterintelligence tactics are back in fashion in Russia.



The number of incidents targeting American diplomats in Moscow has increased in recent years to levels not seen since the Cold War, officials said. Taken together, they paint an escalating pattern of intimidation and harassment that is believed to be led by Russia's Federal Security Services (FSB), a successor to the Soviet KGB.



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My Comment: This will pass with time .... but I sympathize with the American personnel who are working in Moscow.When the FSB targets you for harassment, they are unfortunately very good at their job.