MOSCOW (Reuters) – Famed former British spy and Soviet Union double agent George Blake died on Saturday at the age of 98, the RIA news agency reported, citing Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency.
“We received some bitter news – the legendary George Blake passed away,” SVR spokesman Sergei Ivanov was cited as saying.
Reporting by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Pravin Char
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