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SVR organisation

Named in 4 reports across 3 stories - 27 Aug – 21 Sept
27 Aug 202621 Sept 2026
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  1. ČT24 (Czechia)seen 27 Aug, 19:50description editedthe story

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with SVR. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without SVR.

CIA and FSB share 2 reportsCIA and John Ratcliffe share 2 reportsÍránu and Kreml share 1 reportFSB and GRU share 1 reportAlexander Bortnikov and FSB share 1 reportCIA and Íránu share 1 reportEstonskem and Íránu share 1 reportCIA and Estonskem share 1 reportFSB and Jason Jay Smart share 1 reportCIA and Kreml share 1 reportGRU and Jason Jay Smart share 1 reportFSB and John Ratcliffe share 1 reportCIA and Jason Jay Smart share 1 reportAlexander Bortnikov and John Ratcliffe share 1 reportCIA and GRU share 1 reportAlexander Bortnikov and CIA share 1 reportEstonskem and Kreml share 1 reportEstonskem and John Ratcliffe share 1 reportJohn Ratcliffe and Kreml share 1 reportÍránu and John Ratcliffe share 1 reportSVRCIACIA - 3 shared reports (organization)FSBFSB - 2 shared reports (organization)John Ratcli…John Ratcliffe - 2 shared reports (person)Alexander B…Alexander Bortnikov - 1 shared report (person)EstonskemEstonskem - 1 shared report (place)EvropěEvropě - 1 shared report (place)GRUGRU - 1 shared report (organization)ÍránuÍránu - 1 shared report (place)Jason Jay S…Jason Jay Smart - 1 shared report (person)KremlKreml - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

CIA Director Ratcliffe Visits Moscow for Surprise Meetings

68 outlets2 reports name SVR25 Aug – 22 Sept

DIU claims campaign underway to discredit military intelligence

13 outlets1 report names SVR18 Aug – 21 Sept

Ex-CIA Chief: Inside Putin’s Mafia State

1 outlets1 report names SVR14 Sept

Who keeps naming them

Kyiv Post (Ukraine)2ČT24 (Czechia)1iRozhlas (Czechia)1

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