Rights group publishes database of 40k secret Russian spies
A rights group has published records of nearly 40,000 members belonging to former Russian leader Joseph Stalin's secret security forces. The members were allegedly responsible for Stalin's totalitarian state for 24 years, and carried out 7 lakh executions from 1935-39 during "The Great Terror". Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the issue is "sensitive" and refused to comment on it.