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Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder, and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. He is co-author with Irina Borogan of The New Nobility. The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (PublicAffairs, 2010), The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries (PublicAffairs, 2015) and The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad (PublicAffairs, 2019).

Research

  • Security services
  • Internet censorship
  • Cyber

Publications:

The New Nobility. The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (PublicAffairs, 2010),

The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries (PublicAffairs, 2015)

 The Compatriots: The Russian Exiles Who Fought Against the Kremlin (PublicAffairs, 2019, 2022).

Media

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15th Jun 2026

Testimony at the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy Evidence Participation

Our KCSI member, Andrei Soldatov has participated in the Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression - Joint…
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19th Mar 2026

Guardian Feature of Andrei Soldatov

Andrei Soldatov, an author who has written extensively on Russian intelligence networks and is currently a visiting fellow…
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18th Feb 2026

Article Featured on a UK Parliament Report: The Russian way in transnational repression

The House of Lords' Joint Committee on Human Rights issued a report on transnational repression has mentioned the…
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19th Nov 2025

CEPA Analysis: War Without End - Russia’s Shadow Warfare

To secure its grip on power, Russia adopts Soviet practices coupled with modern tactics of covert influence, violence,…