The Most Valuable Spy the KGB Ever Had

The KGB hunted him for months. They searched, watched, and prepared to arrest him. Yet one of the Soviet Union's most valuable intelligence officers disappeared right under their noses. Oleg Gordievsky was a senior KGB officer who secretly worked for MI6 for more than a decade. From inside Soviet intelligence, he revealed classified operations, exposed Kremlin fears during the Able Archer 83 nuclear scare, and became one of the West's most important Cold War spies. When Soviet counterintelligence finally closed in, MI6 launched Operation Pimlico — a daring extraction that smuggled Gordievsky out of the USSR hidden inside the trunk of a diplomatic car. This is the story of the spy the KGB couldn't catch. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Nuclear Scare 03:51 The Turning Point 07:33 The Golden Years 10:52 The Trap 14:16 Operation Pimlico 17:48 The Fallout #ColdWar #KGB #MI6 #Spy #Espionage #OlegGordievsky #SovietUnion #Intelligence #History #Documentary