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Article: Arms, spies, a billionaire and thrills.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2009
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Byline: John Weisman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A Russian defector, a constant critic of the regime in Moscow, suddenly disappears from a London street. The verdict of MI5 and MI6, the British domestic and foreign intelligence services, is that the defector, Grigori Bulganov, a former intelligence operative, was a double agent. Israel's foreign intelligence service, Mossad, comes up with a different conclusion. Bulganov's disappearance is part of a larger scheme, devised by Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB assassin turned billionaire oligarch and international arms dealer. Mossad leadership believes Bulganov is collateral damage. Kharkov's real target is Gabriel ...
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