Legendary Soviet spymaster Feklisov dies
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A KGB master agent who ran some of Moscow's most damaging Cold War spies in the West -- Klaus Fuchs and the Rosenbergs -- died on Friday after a lifetime of espionage that helped the Soviet Union acquire the nuclear bomb.
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Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64.
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Igor Moiseyev, who created a new form of theatrical folk dance and whose troupe was one of the most popular dance companies of the 20th century, died today in Moscow.
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Bobby Fischer, the eccentric genius who became America's only world chess champion by humbling the Soviet Union's best but who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities, has died at 64.
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Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Georgian opposition figure and billionaire businessman who was accused of plotting to overthrow the ex-Soviet republic's government, has died of a heart attack
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The top deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank died Thursday, hours after being shot by unidentified assailants, authorities said.
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LONDON, Nov. 25 -- An ex-KGB agent poisoned in London described in interviews before his death how he was ordered to hire assassins to neutralize potential rivals and whistle-blowers who threatened the Kremlin, according to excerpts published and broadcast Saturday.
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The Soviet authorities have had enough of Andrei Sakharov, their troublesome nuclear weapons designer and moral conscience. He's too famous to shoot or imprison, so they banish him to a closed city on the Volga.
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A Vietnamese spy who worked for the CIA and Western media while remaining a communist agent dies.
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Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev,   Russia's most wanted man, was killed on Monday, handing a huge   boost to President Vladimir Putin as he prepared to host a   Group of Eight summit.
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Suspect in murder of Russian dissident says former spy's death was caused by 'reckless way of life'
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Before his death, former spy Alexander Litvinenko was unbowed in criticizing alleged abuses by his homeland's government and relentlessly pursued information about the death of an investigative journalist who also had challenged President Vladimir Putin's regime.
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Former spy Alexander Litvinenko has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death in a posthumous letter, condemning him for what he had done to &quot;beloved Russia and its people.&quot;
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A former CIA operative who became an outspoken critic of the agency has died in Cuba aged 72.
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Russia's most wanted man, Chechen rebel   leader Shamil Basayev, was killed during an overnight operation   by special forces, the state security chief told President   Vladimir Putin on Monday.
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Dictator whose 30-year rule was based on ruthless repression, cronyism and manipulation of the world's rival superpowers dies after organ failure
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The head of an organization of former Russian spies was quoted as saying on Thursday Stalin-era policies of Moscow assassinating enemies had ceased, and ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko was probably murdered by criminals.