Din culisele spionajului rus pe teritoriul Romaniei, la inceputul secolului XX
The backstage of the Russian espionage activities on the Romanian territory, at the beginning of the XXth century

Summary/Abstract: Unlike the successor Soviet regime, imperial Russia’s expansionist ambitions were not global, as the Empire’s only aim was to occupy the Balkans and the nearby Straits. Since 1878, Romania represented a serious obstacle in achieving these goals, which is why Russian authorities „sought to cause domestic problems” through influence, espionage and corruption of Romanian citizens. At the beginning of the XXth century, foreign espionage represented a great challenge for the Romanian military and civilian intelligence organizations. In an attempt to implement preventive security measures in Romania, in 1908, the Department for General State Security is established within the Ministry of Interior. During Romania’s neutrality period (1914-1916), this secret police force counteracted various espionage and betrayal cases. Although most of the cases were focused on the activity of German and Austro-Hungarian intelligence services, the Department for General State Security also pursued and annihilated Czarist espionage networks

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