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Evening Standard
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Jordan Reynolds

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Top kgb defector oleg gordievsky dies aged 86 - Caught on Camera

Former Soviet spy Oleg Gordievsky receives the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and Saint George from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace (Martin Keene/PA) - (PA Archive)

Top KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky has died at the age of 86.

Code-named Hetman, Mr Gordievsky was one of the most important spies of the Cold War.

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