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Richard Gustavovich Sorge (Russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, romanized: Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.
Japan: Executed by Japan in 1945 to prevent his recapture by the Soviets Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov [1] 1938 Canada: Authenticity of defection disputed [2] Lev Borisovich Helfand [1] 1940 Italy: Igor Grigoryevich Orlov: 1943 Germany: Re-recruited as Soviet agent in 1949 Viktor Andreyevich Kravchenko [1] [2] 1944 United States: Not an ...
Twice-convicted spy for Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service: June 5, 1997: 23 years 7-month sentence Stewart Nozette: American: Convicted for attempted espionage and fraud against the United States for the government of Israel: 2009: 13-year sentence Ronald Pelton: American: Spied for and sold secret documents to the Soviet Union.
Operation Maki Mirage or Maki-Mirage (Russian: Маки-Мираж, romanized: Maki-Mirazh) [1] [2] [3] was a Soviet intelligence operation that involved 1200 plus Soviet intelligence agent-officers, that is, spies of East Asian descent being sent to China, Korea, Manchukuo (existing and under Japanese rule to 1945) and Mongolia (through Kiakhta) to perform intelligence gathering, "special ...
Russian Empire: Okhrana: Alfred Redl: 1903–1913 Austria-Hungary; Russian Empire [note 2] Evidenzbureau: Mao Renfeng: 1946–1956 Republic of China: Bureau of Investigation and Statistics: Semyon Semyonov: 1937–1950 Soviet Union: NKVD: Kang Sheng: 1940s–1946 Chinese Communist Party [note 1] Central Social Affairs Department: Hugh Sinclair ...
Russia’s most famous dissident was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in January 2021 upon arriving from Germany, where he’d spent five months recuperating from a life-threatening attempt to ...
Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (Russian: Оле́г Влади́мирович Пенько́вский; 23 April 1919 – 16 May 1963), codenamed Hero (by the CIA) and Yoga (by MI6) [1] was a Soviet military intelligence colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
This is a list of Japanese spies including leaders and commanders of the Japanese Secret Intelligence Services in the period 1930 to 1945. Yakichiro Suma es – Japan's Ambassador in Spain, chief of the Japanese spy network code named "TO".