How a KGB archivist defected with a treasure trove of Soviet secrets — and even his family had no clue

Vladimir Mitrokhin’s amazing story is the subject of a new book, ‘The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB.’ ...
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Putin as a Russian James Bond? Jude Law’s Vladimir film seems to have swallowed Kremlin myths

In The Wizard of the Kremlin, Jude Law plays Russia’s president as a cool, reluctant leader, a strategist who got the job because he was young, athletic and a spy. This is a creation far removed from ...

Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who sold secrets to the Soviets, dies aged 84

Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer who became one of America's most damaging double agents, has died aged 84. The former ...

Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84

Washington — Aldrich Ames, a counterintelligence officer for the CIA who spied for the Soviet Union and later Russia, has ...

Aldrich Ames, Soviet mole in the CIA whose treachery led to the deaths of countless Western agents

Aldrich Ames, who has died aged 84, had a 32-year career with the CIA and was a double agent for the last nine of them; he ...

Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Moscow, dies at 84

The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died Jan. 5. He ...

Notorious CIA traitor who sold secrets to the Soviets for a decade & was blamed for deaths of Western agents dies at 84

A DOUBLE agent who sold secrets to the Soviets has died in prison, aged 84. Aldrich Ames was the crooked CIA ...

Zelensky hopes reshuffle will give him a better hand at home and away

Mr Zelensky has cast his changes as an “internal restart” after a period of political turbulence triggered by a £75m alleged ...

The Spy in the Archive review: A dossier on the KGB

After a stalled career in espionage, a Soviet spy was assigned to an archive. What he learned made him decide to smuggle its ...

CIA Agent Turned Soviet Spy Dies At 84

Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterintelligence officer Aldrich Ames, who infamously spied for the Soviet Union, ...

Notorious CIA spy whose treachery caused the deaths of countless sources has died in federal prison

One of the most notorious spies in United States history, responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence ...