KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky, who helped change course of Cold War, dies aged 86
In the 1980s, his intelligence helped avoid a dangerous escalation of nuclear tensions between the USSR and the West.
Oleg Gordievsky: the spy who helped avert a nuclear war
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