Historical clue formulations

• Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe — 2025-06-18
• Onetime C.I.A. foe — 2025-05-01
• Org. of the main characters in "The Americans" — 2025-01-22
• Black Widow's former org. — 2023-08-24
• Org. that "Moscow Centre" represents in George Smiley novels — 2022-09-09
• Cold War inits. — 2022-04-09
• "Bridge of Spies" org. — 2021-08-28
• Cold War inits. — 2021-07-21
• U.S.S.R. intelligence org. — 2021-02-22
• Illya Kuryakin's org. in the film "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." — 2020-12-30
• Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 years, in brief — 2019-11-10
• Soviet spy agcy. — 2019-11-05
• Org. disbanded in 1991 — 2019-05-16
• C.I.A.'s Soviet counterpart — 2019-02-26
• "The Spy Who Loved Me" org. — 2018-01-10
• Spy org. in Bond movies — 2017-06-21
• Employer of the Bond girl in "The Spy Who Loved Me," for short — 2017-05-28
• Org. in a le Carré novel — 2017-05-21
• Enemy org. in many a spy thriller — 2016-06-28
• C.I.A. : U.S. :: ___ : Soviet Union — 2016-06-06
• Hush-hush org. — 2016-01-09
• Source of some shadows, for short — 2015-07-30
• U.S.S.R. security org. — 2014-12-10
• Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short — 2014-07-13
• Spy grp. dissolved in 1991 — 2012-10-29
• Anti-Bond org. — 2011-12-08
• Putin's former org. — 2011-12-07
• Former org. for Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev — 2011-09-03
• Vladimir Putin's onetime org. — 2008-03-02
• Putin's former org. — 2007-06-12
• Former Vladimir Putin org. — 2007-06-05
• Org. in which Putin was once an officer — 2006-11-01
• Background of Vladimir Putin, for short — 2004-02-29
• Former Vladimir Putin org. — 2003-08-13
• Cold war grp. — 2002-09-28
• Vladimir Putin's onetime org. — 2000-02-15