How British spy George Blake became a KGB colonel AP; Getty Images; Global Look Press; Legion media The MI-6 operative was one of those double agents of the Cold War era, who worked for the USSR in service of an idea - not money. And neither the breakup of the Soviet Union, nor that of the socialist regimes across the globe as a whole, could deter him from his faith in communism.
On December 26, George Blake passed away at the age of 98. The man was one of the most celebrated double agents of the Cold War years. An MI-6 operative, he worked for Soviet intelligence for almost 10 years, becoming one of the most valued agents in its history.