In the United States, the former KGB Major Viktor Sheimov, who surrendered the CIA, Soviet ciphers. They learned about treason in the USSR only after 5 years
In the city of Vienna, Virginia at the age of 73, the former KGB Major Viktor Sheimov died, who in 1980, with the help of the CIA, escaped from the USSR, his wife Olga told The Washington Post . According to Olga Sheimova, her husband died on October 18 from complications due to lung illness. Viktor Sheymov worked in the eighth Main Directorate of the KGB, which was responsible for protecting the means of communication and the creation of ciphers. Before the major, he rose by 32 years.