[ Ссылка ] The most prominent mourner at the funeral of the late Soviet master-spy Gevork Vartanyan was a former spy himself, if that is he has ever given up his old job.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin paid his respects to his widow Goar, herself an agent, and laid flowers for the ceremony for a man who began his clandestine career aged only 16, and who rose to become one of the KGB's most valuable assets.
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