1930’lu yıllarda Moskova’da sahneye konan “Moskova Yargılamaları”nın arka planı, 1938 “Büyük Terör”ü, Maksim Gorki’nin sahte Pravda basımlarıyla kandırılması, İngiliz M15’ındaki Sovyet ajanları vb. konularda içerden bilgilere sahip NKVD üst yönetiminden Alexander Orlov, İspanya’daki NKVD şefliği görevindeyken Moskova’ya çağrılır. Bu çağrının, hakkında idam hükmü olduğunu anlayacak deneyime sahip olduğundan karısı ve kızıyla birlikte ABD’ye iltica eder. Stalin’e gönderdiği mektupta, peşine ...

Confiscation, appropriation, nationalisation; this book digs deeply into Nationalization in Modern Russia: Economic and Political ConsequencesSince 2022, Russia has seen a resurgence of nationalization policies, driven by internal political interests, economic sanctions, and the need to mobilize resources for defence and social development. Historically, Russia has led large-scale nationalization efforts, with parallels to post-revolutionary policies of the Soviet era. However, today's cir...

This is the history of an unprecedented deception operation - the biggest KGB deception of all time. It has never been told in full until now. There are almost certainly people who would like it never to be told. It is the story of General Alexander Orlov. Stalin's most loyal and trusted henchman during the Spanish Civil War, Orlov was also the Soviet handler controlling Kim Philby, the British spy, defector, and member of the notorious 'Cambridge Five'. Escaping Stalin's purges, Orlov fle...

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Mathematical Optimization Theory and Operations Research, MOTOR 2021, held in Irkutsk, Russia, in July 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online.The 31 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 102 submissions. The papers in the volume are organised according to the following topical headings: continuous optimi...