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Ex British/KGB Spy on Hunger Strike outside Downing St

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Thursday December 16, 2004 12:39

by Brian Vernon

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Victor Makarov once spied for Britain from the heart of the KGB, spending five years in a labour camp after he was caught. After MI6 helped him defect to this country, he hoped for a new and prosperous beginning in the nation for which he had risked his life.

But the reality has been very different - living on a disability allowance and a few official handouts, he has become the spy who has been left out in the cold, embittered and poverty-stricken. Now a man who is a reminder of aspects of an era both sides hoped would be quietly forgotten, has re-emerged: a former spy who wants to claim what he believes is his due.

Today, Mr Makarov, now 49, says he will begin an indefinite hunger strike, camped on the pavement in Whitehall, opposite the gates to Downing Street, in support of his claim for an annual defectors' pension. He said: "It is not a real hardship for me. I have been in a Soviet labour camp. I know about hunger.'' He will have just a sleeping bag for warmth.

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http://cryptome.org/makarov.htm

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Comments (4 of 4)

didn't most of the MI6 spy for the KGB?

by hmmm

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Thu Dec 16, 2004 13:40

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he was a bit exceptional then this man -eh?
oh well. how much is a defectors pension?

by .

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Fri Dec 17, 2004 09:38

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I do hope he get all that is coming to him!

More CIA traitor laid off ex staff grumbling defectees!

by -

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Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:03

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demand the PENSION.

a couple are suing the Agency for not keeping its promises on their pensions and social welfare allowances.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/12/content_2447399.htm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050112/SPIES12/TPInternational/Americas
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780148120&path=!nationworld&s=1037645509161

by Beria

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Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:32

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With friends like that......
A poor traitor gets shat upon........its hilarious

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