Oleg Gordievsky | The Most Senior KGB Officer to Spy for Great Britain

Ways to support the podcast:Buy Me a Coffee: ☕ https://bmc.link/philipthompsonDonate via PayPal: 💸 paypal.me/PhilipT284Oleg Gordievsky was the highest ranking KGB officer to ever become a British spy. He almost single-handedly shaped world events at one of the most dangerous times in global history during the Cold War when humanity peered over the precipice of nuclear holocaust. The plan to rescue him from deep behind the Iron Curtain after he was compromised was thought to be virtually impossible. While to his motherland he remains a traitor, to the Western world he is a hero that risked it all for the sake of the democratic freedoms most of us take for granted.This is the gripping tale of Oleg Gordievsky.Dedicated to the memory of Oleg Gordievsky: 10 October 1938 - 4 March 2025Further reading and sources 📚: (affiliate links) 🛒📕 Next Stop Execution by Oleg Gordievsky - https://amzn.to/3oQPA7U📘 The Spy and the Traitor by Ben McIntyre - https://amzn.to/3SniRVh