Netflix show The Americans was about Soviet spies in the United States during the 1980s, living ordinary lives under “deep cover”. This wasn’t just a period piece.

As The i Paper reported on Wednesday, two suspected Russian spies managed to sneak into the UK aboard cargo ships earlier this year. And six Bulgarians living in London – including a beautician, a hospital driver, and a lab assistant – have been convicted of spying for Russian military intelligence.

However, we have not simply returned to Cold War business-as-usual. Rather, Russia has perfected “hybrid warfare” , a new kind of war, and one Britain is ill prepared to fight. New Feature

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