A Russian diplomat recalled from Brussels amid a spy purge by Belgian authorities has been nominated to head the Belgrade mission of Europe's largest security body, a joint investigation by RFE/RL ...

NAPLES, Italy — Navy fighter jets recently intercepted a Russian spy plane flying near an aircraft carrier ordered to the Middle East to support U.S. military strikes against Iranian-backed ...

He was the most senior Soviet spy to defect during the Cold War. Documents declassified in 2014 showed that Britain considered Gordievsky so valuable that Thatcher sought to cut a deal with Moscow ...

Most senior Soviet spy to defect Gordievsky was called back to Moscow for consultations in 1985, and decided to go despite fearing — correctly — that his role as a double agent had been exposed.

Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky after receives the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and Saint George from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, Oct. 17 ...

The spy ring created a number of reports for their Russian clients which set out his movements and provided information about his accommodation, vehicle and contacts. The group also considered a ...

Gorbachev's meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a huge success. Most senior Soviet spy to defect Ben Macintyre, author of a book about the double agent, “The Spy and the Traitor ...