Soviet intelligence (in the novel)

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Soviet intelligence (in the novel) is the fictional Cold War-era espionage organization backing the antagonist in Ian Fleming’s James Bond story, operating as a shadowy state security and spy apparatus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional intelligence agency
fictional organization
activity assassination plots
covert operations
foreign intelligence gathering
political subversion
alignment antagonistic
appearsInWorkBy Ian Fleming NERFINISHED
associatedWithFranchise James Bond series NERFINISHED
basedOn Soviet intelligence community NERFINISHED
controls field agents
informant networks
spies
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union (fictionalized) NERFINISHED
depictedAs highly secretive
ideologically driven
ruthless
describedAs espionage organization
shadowy state security apparatus
genre spy fiction
inspiredBy KGB NERFINISHED
Soviet state security services
medium novel
narrativeFunction primary source of threat to James Bond
narrativePurpose to personify Cold War tensions
to provide organized opposition to Western agents
narrativeRole backing the antagonist
operatesDuring Cold War NERFINISHED
operationalScope clandestine
international
opposes British intelligence (in the novel) NERFINISHED
James Bond NERFINISHED
partOf James Bond universe NERFINISHED
settingContext East–West geopolitical rivalry
uses blackmail
cover organizations
disinformation
secret communications

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Le Chiffre affiliation Soviet intelligence (in the novel)
Tatiana Romanova employer Soviet intelligence (in the novel)
this entity surface form: Soviet intelligence
Karla Trilogy featuresOrganization Soviet intelligence (in the novel)
this entity surface form: Soviet intelligence