Russia's Ex-Spy Chief Shares Opinions Of His American Counterparts
... The Metropol is one of Moscow's grande dame hotels, just steps from Red Square, with polished dark wood, sparkling crystal decanters, velvet armchairs. Trubnikov settled in and ordered a double espresso. He was born in Siberia and joined the Soviet KGB in 1967. He was immediately sent to Calcutta, India, under cover as a reporter. I asked him, did the other journalists know he was a spy? "To be frank, everyone who was in Calcutta was considered to be a spy. Everyone. Every journalist," ...
19.07.2016