There are quite a few similarities between the KGB of old and the current FSB. For one, the latter has its offices in the same building as the former. It also serves a similar purpose to the KGB, it just doesn’t have as bad a reputation. But as History.com notes, it may be garnering its own scandalous renown. It drew quite a bit of negative attention after being implicated in meddling with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. There are also reports that Russian President and former KGB agent Vladimir Putin has plans merge the FSB with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service to form what he would call the Ministry of State Security, eerily similar to what Stalin called the KGB’s precursor.

Harkening back to that pre-Cold War agency, the NKGB, provides insight into how Russia regularly manages its intelligence agencies. The NKGB was also extremely successful before and during World War II. It was even reported to have planted spies in the nuclear weapons labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico, during the war. It would appear that Russia’s spying attitude and efforts remain the same over time. The only thing they change is the name of the agency peeking through the keyhole.