The Life of KGB Defector Vladimir Vetrov I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

In his young years, Vladimir Vetrov was a model Soviet citizen – an ardent Communist and good patriot. He belonged to that “sons of the people” generation which the USSR dutifully promoted.

The new officer is lucky enough to be sent to Paris, beyond the iron curtain. There, he discovers the affluence and freedom of the West, which comes as a genuine shock. He works as an accomplished spy, but his attraction to luxury and the high life turns his head and gets him into trouble. He is called back to Moscow.

Returning to the routine life of a KGB employee in the gloomy Moscow of the Brezhnev years is all the more unbearable to Vladimir Vetrov that he is not granted the promotion that the quality of his service in Paris should have brought him.

His disgust leads him to revenge - by means of treason.

Documentary: The Farewell File - EP1 The Vengeful Spy
Directed by: Jean-François Delassus
Production: ROCHE Productions

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