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Escape from the KGB

19/07/2013 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Escape from the KGB

How Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky escaped from under the noses of the KGB in 1985

How Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky escaped from under the noses of the KGB in 1985.

In 1985, the double agent, Oleg Gordievsky, escaped from under the noses of the KGB, making it from Moscow to the West with the help of British intelligence. Witness tells the story of one of the most dramatic incidents during the Cold War.

(Image: The former KGB headquarters in Moscow)

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