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Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain, has died at the age of 86. He died on March 4 in England, where he had lived ...
His warnings about Soviet fears of a NATO nuclear attack helped de-escalate tensions between the superpowers. In 1985, he was suspected of being a British spy and recalled to Moscow, but escaped to ...
Top KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky has died at the age of 86. Code-named Hetman, Mr Gordievsky was one of the most important spies of the Cold War.
Oleg Gordievsky, a former KGB colonel who defected to Britain in the 1980s and was later honoured by Queen Elizabeth II, has died, British media reported on Friday. The Barron's news department was ...