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May 1985, Moscow.

KGB Colonel turned MI6 informant Oleg Gordievsky rides in a chauffeur car.

Beside him is Victor Grushko.

Grushko is head of the Soviet intelligence services foreign department. The atmosphere in the car is cold.

The two men have barely exchanged any words.

Gordievsky hasn't been told where he is being taken,

but the car is headed out of the city.

His stomach churns.

It's been eight days since Gordievsky returned to Moscow from London,

and it's clear he is under suspicion. His apartment has been bugged and searched. Colleagues have

started to keep their distance. Whatever awaits at the end of this journey cannot be good. The car pulls up before a small white bungalow isolated among the trees on the outskirts of the city.

Two men stand guard outside. He does not recognize them.

Come, Oleg. A drink will warm us.

The two men sit.

Grushko pours brandy into two glasses from a crystal decanter.

Then he raises his glass with a smile and a toast.

For your good health, too.

Gordievsky raises the glass and swallows.

Grushko places his glass back on the table still full.

The brandy burns Gordievsky's insides as it trickles down into his stomach.

All of a sudden he feels the room tilt, colors smear, sound distorts.

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