A spy is a person engaged in intelligence activities, collecting information about one of the parties in favor of the other. In Russian, the word "spy" is similar in meaning to the word "scout", but carries a more negative connotation.
The common noun image of a spy, widely covered in literature and films, depicts a person with high intellectual and physical data, honed skills of special training. And this is no coincidence, espionage is always a risk of being discovered, calculated and caught. Therefore, it is vitally important for a spy to be smarter, more inventive and more calculating than many. Such were Stirlitz and James Bond, the spy of Mata Hari.
Articles 275 and 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provide for serious prison terms for espionage activities in favor of foreign states and foreign organizations.
Those who, from a young age, decided to prepare themselves for intelligence activities, need to study well, develop their horizons and erudition, and go in for sports. Excellent studies will help in the future to get a good education and become an FSB or GRU intelligence officer. Chess gives the ability to calculate situations several steps ahead. Outlook, erudition will help the spy to have a good understanding of all spheres of human activity. Physical training and knowledge of hand-to-hand combat techniques will help in a critical situation. Knowledge of two or three foreign languages will be very helpful.
Military scout
One way to become a spy and work for the good of your country is to serve in the army in army intelligence. As a rule, army intelligence officers are trained at the level of special forces fighters, only with their own specifics. Physical fitness, camouflage and observation skills on the ground, hand-to-hand combat are all taught at a very good level.
A more serious approach to the matter will be admission to a higher military educational institution with a degree in intelligence. Such specialists are trained by the Novosibirsk Military University. After graduation, graduates receive officer ranks, and the best graduates are invited to work in the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR RF) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU RF).
Spy on the territory of a foreign country
The main state bodies of Russia that carry out intelligence and espionage on the territory of foreign states are the SVR and the GRU. The FSB is more engaged in counterintelligence, but also performs intelligence functions.
To become a Russian spy, you can enroll in any higher educational institution specializing in the training of spies.
1. The GRU Academy on the basis of the Military-Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Defense, located in Moscow, at ul. People's Militia, 50.
2. The Foreign Intelligence Academy of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, located in the Khlebnikovsky forest park in Moscow.
3. The FSB Academy, located in Moscow, at Michurinsky Prospekt, 70.
The FSB Academy is admitted immediately after school. The GRU Academy and the Foreign Intelligence Academy - ready-made officers.
Industrial spy
Industrial espionage is carried out by private detectives or company security officers. As a rule, they are former Interior Ministry operatives who have retired. Operational work in the police gives good skills in spying on people, collecting information, influencing certain people for specific purposes.
