About the book: 2014 / The sixth volume concludes the series of essays "The History of Russian Foreign Intelligence". It is dedicated to her work from 1966 to the present: a period full of drama in the history of our state - the height of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union. At that difficult time for the country, intelligence carried out a restructuring of its ranks on a democratic basis, sought and found new priorities, directions, forms and methods of work, improved its structure, and updated personnel. This is reflected in some of the essays in the final volume. A number of essays show the work of foreign intelligence to defend the geopolitical interests of our Motherland in the early post-war years, its activities to prevent the Cold War from escalating into a “hot” war, and the fight against enemy intelligence agencies on the political, ideological and economic fronts . New directions in intelligence activities, caused by the dictates of the times, are also touched upon. Intelligence is still called upon to help ensure the national security of the country. And its main mission - obtaining secret information in the interests of Russia - will continue in the future.