BORIS VOLODARSKY is a British intelligence historian and a member of the Cambridge intelligence seminar led by Professor Christopher Andrew. A former military intelligence officer who defended his doctoral thesis in intelligence history at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Volodarsky is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London and a former Visiting Fellow at the Cañada Blanch Centre of the LSE. He regularly contributes to radio programmes and documentaries, including BBC Panorama, the British TV series Once Upon a Time in Londongrad (Sky, 2022), and the Spanish TV series Project Niños (Dmax, 2020). He has authored numerous articles published in The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Spectator, as well as in academic intelligence journals in Britain and the USA. His previous works include Stalin’s Agent, three volumes of The KGB’s Poison Factory (From Lenin to Litvinenko, Assassins, and To Kill a Mocking Bird), and several significant studies of intelligence. As an academic historian, Boris continues to write books on intelligence history; his current project is a new six-volume history of the KGB, with the first volume published in 2023 and the second planned for 2025. He also produces films where he serves as director and chief consultant. His documentaries Spy Capital and Spy Capital 2 premiered at Cannes and received multiple international awards for Best Documentary Feature.