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Oleg Gordievsky worked for both sides in the cold war

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The KGB officer who spied for Britain died on March 4th, aged 86

Obituary | To Finland in a car boot Oleg Gordievsky worked for both sides in the cold war The KGB officer who spied for Britain died on March 4th, aged 86 Share Photograph: Alamy Mar 26th 2025 | 5 min read T he first thing Oleg Gordievsky did, having decided in July 1985 to defect, was to barricade the door of his Moscow flat. When the KGB men came for him, that would slow them down. This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Oleg Gordievsky” From the March 29th 2025 edition Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents ⇒ Explor

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