Gordievsky, a once high-ranking KGB officer who defected to the West ... true story of the only woman to become a top Soviet spy Gordievsky's family remained under KGB surveillance for six ...

Kuzminov, who defected from Russia to Ukraine, committed an act deemed unforgivable by Russian President Vladimir ... operation of Russia's European spy networks, despite efforts to dismantle ...

But in 1985, just as he had been appointed to the key post of head of the KGB residency in London, he came under suspicion as a British spy. Summoned back to Moscow where he was drugged and ...

TWO women who worked for a "highly sophisticated" Russian spy network in the UK have been identified. Bulgarian nationals Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva are believed to have worked for ...

FORMER KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky, who defected from Russia to Britain ... Press Association The infamous spy was the highest ranking Russian official to defect to the UK and was smuggled ...

A journalist targeted by a Russian spy ring said it had a list of "assassination methods" to kill him that was "beyond any imagination". Christo Grozev told the BBC the group "fantasised" about ...

Oleg Gordievsky at Buckingham Palace after receiving the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and Saint George from the Queen (Fiona Hanson/PA) (PA Archive) ...

In 1985, he was suspected of being a British spy and recalled to Moscow, but escaped to Finland with the help of MI6. He was sentenced to death in absentia for treason by Russia, but honored by ...

Former KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky has died at age 86. Gordievsky, codenamed Hetman, was a key Cold War spy, providing Britain with crucial intelligence on Soviet leadership and KGB operations. His ...

Former KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky has died at age 86. Gordievsky, codenamed Hetman, was a key Cold War spy, providing Britain with crucial intelligence on Soviet leadership and KGB operations.