Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain, has died at the age of 86. Mr Gordievsky, who had lived in England ...

Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking KGB officer who spied for the West during the height of the Cold War, has died in England at the age of 86.

For more than a decade Mr Gordievsky reports gave Britain invaluable insights into the thinking of the Soviet leadership and the covert machinations of the KGB. In the early 1980s he was able to warn ...

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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. Surrey Police said officers were called to an ...

Gordievsky, codenamed Hetman, was a key Cold War spy, providing Britain with crucial intelligence on Soviet leadership and KGB operations. His warnings about Soviet fears of a NATO nuclear attack ...

Oleg Gordievsky, a former deputy head of the KGB in London has died (Dennis Cook/AP) Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets ...

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Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky receives the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and Saint George from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace (Martin Keene/PA) Top KGB ...