22nd March, 2025.
Hmmm …
I don’t often repost random bits of news … but it seems Oleg Gordievsky has died at the age of 86.
You’ve never heard of him, have you … ?
I hadn’t either: until a few years ago.
When anyone mentions Soviet defectors, you can ignore the likes of Baryshnikov, or Comăneci.
They were, respectively, a dancer and a gymnast.
Gordievsky was a defecting KGB officer.
And — going by the information he’s said to have brought with him? — prevented a war.
That’s a bit more impressive than doing a plié … !
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