Cold War – Legendary Double Agent George Blake Dies of Old Age – News

• First he spied for Britain, then for the Soviet Union; Now, former agent George Blake has died at the age of 98.
• The Russian foreign intelligence service SWR announced on Saturday in the capital Moscow to the state agency Tass.
• Blake admired the performance of the Soviet people in World War II, a spokesman said.

He was a legendary intelligence officer. And “he really loved our country,” the spokesman said.

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, who was also an intelligence agent, congratulated him on Blake’s 90th birthday. On his 95th birthday, he called in the agents of Russia to fight good against evil.

Changing sides after captivity

The former agent, born in Rotterdam in 1922, was transferred to South Korea as a young spy for the British secret service after World War II. After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 he was taken prisoner. Then he spied for the Soviet Union.

When this was discovered, a British court sentenced him to 42 years in prison in 1961. In 1966 he managed to escape from prison. He fled to Moscow via Berlin. Since then he has lived in Russia.