Viktor Vladimirov was a

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, diplomat, and

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officer operating in

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. He was the head of

assassination and

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section, the

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in the 1960s. It is believed that Vladimirov was involved in a failed KGB operation to murder former KGB officer

Anatoliy Golitsyn Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Golitsyn CBE ( Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Голицын; August 25, 1926 – December 29, 2008) was a Soviet KGB defector and author of two books about the long-term deception strategy of the KGB lead ...

in Canada who had defected from Finland to the United States. Russian diplomat in Helsinki served as head of KGB assassination section
Helsingin Sanomat 11.9.2009 He served in the Soviet embassy in Finland in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1980s. He was the top "

kotiryssä A kotiryssä (jocular fi, one’s home Russky or ''home Russian'') was a Soviet or Russian contact person of a Finnish politician, bureaucrat, businessman or other important person.

" ("home Russian") in Finland. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, he published his memoir "Näin se oli" in 1993. Vladimirov died in 1995.

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*''Näin se oli...: Muistelmia ja havaintoja kulissientakaisesta diplomaattitoiminnasta Suomessa 1954–1984.'', Viktor Vladimirov, 1993, Otava, Helsinki

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1995 deaths Soviet military personnel Soviet diplomats KGB officers Year of birth missing {{USSR-bio-stub

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