Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky, CMG (born 10 October 1938 in Moscow, Russia), was a Colonel of the KGB and KGB Resident-designate ("rezident") and bureau chief in London, who defected to the United Kingdom. He became the highest-ranking KGB defector ever. Wikipedia
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Defector Oleg Gordievsky says it is a KGB stunt, while others wonder what its purpose might have been if it was a British device. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4642780.stm
Oleg Gordievsky was a KGB agent during the cold war who, appalled by what he could see was happening under Communism , defected to Britain after a long time as a double agent . He was born in Moscow in 1938 , and became a diplomat , speaking excellent Ge everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1430586
Born in Moscow, Oleg Gordievsky attended the Institute of International Relations, and was subsequently posted to East Berlin, arriving just before the wall went up in August 1961. After joining the KGB in 1963, he was later posted to Copenhagen, where - www.buckingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2005/gordievsky.html
Mr Gordievsky is a close friend of the victim, who lived in North London and regularly visited Mr Gordievsky's house in Godalming, Surrey. Talking exclusively to The Times, he painted a sad picture of the former lieutenant-colonel in the FSB. "He is rat www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article642902.ece
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky (born in Moscow 10 October 1938 ), was a Colonel of the KGB and KGB Resident-designate and bureau chief in London . He become one of the highest ranking KGB defectors ever. After being stationed in several European capitals, h www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Oleg_Gordievsky