Notorious Russian Spies Throughout History

Notorious - Russian Spies Through History From the Soviet era on, organized clandestine agents from the Motherland have operated in the west with daring and inguinity
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Anthony Blunt
Part of the infamous Cambridge Five group of British spies (Kim Philby was also a member), Blunt handed over intelligence to the Soviets during World War II while he served in MI5. He secretly confessed in 1964, but his espionage remained a state secret until 1979, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publicly outed him and Queen Elizabeth II rescinded his knighthood.

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