| USSR's CIA |
| Fleming foe |
| Old spy gp. |
| MVD follower |
| Putin's grp. |
| Soviet agcy. |
| 007 adversary |
| Old CIA rival |
| CIA foe, once |
| Cold war gp.? |
| Cold war org. |
| USSR spy org. |
| Hush-hush org. |
| Spy-novel org. |
| Bond adversary |
| Anti-Bond org. |
| Old C.I.A. foe |
| USSR spy agcy. |
| Russian C.I.A. |
| Cold war grp.? |
| Clandestine gp. |
| U.S.S.R. snoops |
| CIA rival, once |
| Soviet spy org. |
| CIA Cold War foe |
| Cold War CIA foe |
| Frequent 007 foe |
| Soviet spy agcy. |
| Cold War spy gp. |
| Old USSR spy gp. |
| Putin's old org. |
| Onetime CIA rival |
| Cold War spy org. |
| CIA opponent, once |
| One-time CIA rival |
| U.S.S.R. spy group |
| USSR secret police |
| CIA's Cold War foe |
| Longtime CIA rival |
| Putin's org., once |
| Cold War adversary |
| The Americans" org. |
| Erstwhile CIA rival |
| Putin's former grp. |
| Spy grp. until 1991 |
| USSR espionage org. |
| USSR secret service |
| One-time CIA target |
| Spy org. until 1991 |
| Putin's former org. |
| Putin's onetime org. |
| Cold War Soviet grp. |
| Soviet secret police |
| Russian secret police |
| Putin's one-time org. |
| Soviet security agcy. |
| Soviet Union spy org. |
| CIA Cold War opponent |
| Lavrenty Beria's bunch |
| Org. disbanded in 1991 |
| Putin's 1980s employer |
| Russian security agcy. |
| U.S.S.R. security org. |
| USSR intelligence org. |
| Former CIA counterpart |
| The Americans" spy grp. |
| Former Soviet spy agcy. |
| Former USSR police org. |
| Putin's former employer |
| Spy org. in Bond movies |
| U.S.S.R. security group |
| Former clandestine org. |
| Agcy. dismantled in 1991 |
| Security org. until 1991 |
| The Kremlin Letter" org. |
| Putin's onetime employer |
| U.S.S.R. security police |
| CIA Cold War counterpart |
| Former secret police grp. |
| Org. in a le Carré novel |
| The Spy Who Loved Me" org. |
| CIA's Cold War counterpart |
| Spy grp. dissolved in 1991 |
| Former Vladimir Putin org. |
| C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart |
| Former gp. from the Kremlin |
| Soviet intelligence initials |
| Putin's employer in the 1980s |
| Soviet org. dissolved in 1991 |
| Org. in some le Carré novels |
| Vladimir Putin's onetime org. |
| Where Putin put in time, once |
| The Sword and the Shield" org. |
| Vladimir Putin's one-time org. |
| Enemy org. in many a spy thriller |
| Its emblem had a sword and shield |
| Katya Kazanova's org., in "Archer |
| Org. once headed by Yuri Andropov |
| Source of some shadows, for short |
| Security agcy. dismantled in 1991 |
| C.I.A. : U.S. :: ___ : Soviet Union |
| Russian org. Putin was once part of |
| Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 yrs. |
| Federal Security Service predecessor |
| Former Soviet security agency: Abbr. |
| It was headquartered in the Lubyanka |
| Soviet counterpart to the CIA: Abbr. |
| Soviet espionage organization: Abbr. |
| Former Soviet spy organization: Abbr. |
| Spy agency of the Soviet Union: Abbr. |
| Where Putin got his professional start |
| Background of Vladimir Putin, for short |
| Org. in which Putin was once an officer |
| Vladimir Putin's former employer: Abbr. |
| Org. with a sword and shield in its logo |
| Soviet agency in "Bridge of Spies": Abbr. |
| Soviet spy group from 1954 to 1991: Abbr. |
| Soviet spy agency on "The Americans": Abbr. |
| Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short |
| Soviet spy agency that Putin worked for: Abbr. |
| Former org. for Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev |
| Security agency Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| Soviet spy organization in FX's "The Americans": Abbr. |
| Soviet spy agency that Vladimir Putin worked for: Abbr. |
| Soviet spy group featured in FX's "The Americans": Abbr. |
| Employer of the Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me," for short |
| It stands for "Committee for State Security" after translation |
| Spy agency that once employed Russian president Vladimir Putin: Abbr. |