Rebecca the Betrayer

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There is A woman who is named Rebecca Volkova and she was living in a place which can be referred to as the icy depths of "Russia," a place where it is said that winters do break through the steel and that loyalty is actually carved in silence. Alot of people used to admire her, but now her name only evokes fear and also rage. Rebecca was not actually born in Russia; rather,but she was raised by a high-ranking diplomats who lived in Moscow. Her mother was known to be a Russian historian, and also her father was known to be an English envoy. Rebecca was actually able to move between the East and the West with the grace of a swan and the also the cunning of a fox because she was actually known to be familiar with both worlds..

She was a lady that was actually brilliant since she was young. She was a language, a computer, and a charm expert. She was confirmed to be a well-known cybersecurity advisor who worked at the Russia's Ministry of Defense by the time she was already 28 years old. Rebecca had alot of access to many secrets that could actually cripple the nations, the generals' ears, and also the state's trust..

However, Rebecca actually had her own plans. They claim that she never truly belonged because she was neither sufficiently foreign nor sufficiently Russian to be watched. She was a ghost in the system, developing her network beneath layers of disguises and coded conversations. Rebecca was being praised by officials, but she was slowly providing information to Russia's enemies—not for money or even ideology. if not for "revenge.

She has an older brother who was actually missing since Rebecca was still 19 , his name is lev and he was a journalist " it was said that he went missing after he wrote about a government corruption scandal.. so few weeks later after he was missing , his body was actually discovered in the Volga River. The investigation into his death only lasted for a short time. And his death was said to be attributed to an "accidental drowning." However, Rebecca refuse to accept such report.. She vowed that one day, Russia would feel what her family felt. Not by way of protest. not by using violence. But through slow, invisible destruction from within.
She sabotaged military satellites, compromised communication networks, and leaked highly classified information to adversaries over the course of her career. Darkness gripped entire areas. Projects worth billions of dollars failed. No one knew why.
But Rebecca was aware. She also grinned. Then came the day of reckoning.
An encrypted file leaked on the dark web. There are thousands of secret Russian files inside. Nuclear sites. Diplomatic blackmails. The entire intelligence community's internal structure. The leak almost started a war.
The Kremlin shattered in a matter of hours. The officials rushed. Betrayal was inevitable, but nobody anticipated her. When they arrived, Rebecca was relaxed and consuming tea in her office. Her last words before arrest:

“You took one life. I only did what was asked of me. The trial went by quickly. What is evidence? Overwhelming. Yet even as the nation watched in disgust, there was something haunting in her silence — a quiet defiance, as if she had already won.

In the deep north of Siberia, where the snow never melts and no one remembers names but only crimes, she was given a sentence of "life in isolation." However, the harm was already done. Rebecca Volkova would not be remembered as a spy or a war hero. However, as "the woman who betrayed Russia from the inside out" And in the cold winds of Moscow, where statues are raised and torn down by the will of the state, no one dares carve her name.

But her ghost lingers — a reminder that even the strongest country can be undone…
By the wrath of just one woman.