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The womanising Soviet spy who helped rescue MI5

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Oleg Lyalin was a somewhat hapless, hard-drinking KGB agent, who provided so much information to MI5 in 1971 it led to the largest mass expulsion of Soviet spies from any country.

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The womanising Soviet spy who helped rescue MI5

Oleg Lyalin was a somewhat hapless, hard-drinking KGB agent, who provided so much information to MI5 in 1971 it led to the largest mass expulsion of Soviet spies from any country.

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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Sunday, September 14, 2025.
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