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The dramatic escape of Russian superspy turned defector 'Redwood' (opens the original)
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Vladimir Kuzichkin – codename Redwood – was a Russian superspy operating in Iran who secretly switched to the West in the hope that doctors there would find a cure for his sexual impotence. In yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, best-selling author Ben Macintyre described the astonishing insights into the KGB he handed over. In this final extract from his book, he tells the gripping story of his escape to the UK under the noses of the KGB and the Ayatollah’s Revolutionary Guard. After six months, the Re
The dramatic escape of Russian superspy turned defector 'Redwood' (opens the original)
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Vladimir Kuzichkin – codename Redwood – was a Russian superspy operating in Iran who secretly switched to the West in the hope that doctors there would find a cure for his sexual impotence. In yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, best-selling author Ben Macintyre described the astonishing insights into the KGB he handed over. In this final extract from his book, he tells the gripping story of his escape to the UK under the noses of the KGB and the Ayatollah’s Revolutionary Guard. After six months, the Re
The Russian spy boss who risked KGB torture to save his marriage (opens the original)
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In Saturday's Daily Mail, best-selling author Ben Macintyre began the extraordinary story of the Soviet spy who switched sides in a desperate search for a cure for his sexual impotence. In return he offered a stunning and unprecedented insight into KGB operations. The Russian spymaster launched into a detailed description of the KGB network and the cover identities, codenames, real names and locations of every illegal agent, how they were handled and by whom. On the morning of October 1, 1981, S
The KGB spy boss who defected because of his impotence (opens the original)
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On a hot autumn evening in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, two professional spies sat drinking vodka in a small, white-tiled bathroom on the top floor of a house in the semi-abandoned compound of the British Embassy. One was Russian and the other British. The 6ft 4in Russian, a major in the KGB, sat precariously on a wicker laundry basket while the Englishman, perching on the toilet, leant over and refilled his guest’s glass. The MI6 officer suspected his home was bugged from attic to basement
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