Very little can be said about Gordievsky with any certainty. He was a long term employee of the KGB or FSB. He claimed to have become station chief in London, a plum KGB job, because he toadied to his boss.
Jonathan Brind
| INDEX | March 23, 2025 | |
| Bettaney's discoverer dies | ||
| Oleg Gordievsky, has died peacefully in Surrey. Gordievsky was the KGB double agent who told MI6 that MI5 was employing a double agent in Michael Bettaney.
Very little can be said about Gordievsky with any certainty. He was a long term employee of the KGB or FSB. He claimed to have become station chief in London, a plum KGB job, because he toadied to his boss. |
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March 23, 2025 | |