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June 21, 2017 - Russia - June 21, 2017. - Russia. Yuri Drozdov, the Soviet spymaster who oversaw a sprawling network of KGB agents abroad, died Wednesday. He was 91. Drozdov, a World War II veteran, joined the KGB in 1956 and was dispatched as a liaison officer with the East German secret police, the Stasi. In 1962, he took part in the exchange of Soviet undercover agent Rudolf Abel convicted in the U.S. for downed American spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers. Drozdov also founded the KGB's Vympel special forces unit intended for covert operations abroad. In picture: Yuri Drozdov. Photo: nvdaily.ru (Credit Image: © Russian Look via ZUMA Wire)

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June 21, 2017 - Russia - June 21, 2017. - Russia. Yuri Drozdov, the Soviet spymaster who oversaw a sprawling network of KGB agents abroad, died Wednesday. He was 91. Drozdov, a World War II veteran, joined the KGB in 1956 and was dispatched as a liaison officer with the East German secret police, the Stasi. In 1962, he took part in the exchange of Soviet undercover agent Rudolf Abel convicted in the U.S. for downed American spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers. Drozdov also founded the KGB's Vympel special forces unit intended for covert operations abroad. In picture: Yuri Drozdov. Photo: nvdaily.ru (Credit Image: © Russian Look via ZUMA Wire)