This book was published in Japan in 1994 and had the effect of an exploding bomb. It features the bright and controversial world of the Tokyo KGB residency, and shows the intelligence kitchen hidden from outsiders. The author also talks about the activities of the KGB in Russia - about military counterintelligence, work in religious organizations, about preparing intelligence officers to work abroad, paying special attention to internal control in intelligence and surveillance of their own employees. K. Preobrazhensky often appears in the Russian and world media as an independent expert on intelligence issues.