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The Spy Who

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4.6 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Sergei Skripal is easing into retirement with a side hustle as a MI6 agent, and enjoying the Spanish seaside. Meanwhile, the KGB’s successor, the FSB, is on the hunt for traitors after a tip-off from a mole inside Spain’s intelligence service.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.
0:09.2	This episode contains references to torture and suicide. Please be advised.
0:19.9	Spring 2004, a military hospital in Moscow.
0:28.3	Arena Berlatov follows a military doctor along the sterile corridors.
0:33.9	Several weeks earlier, FSB officers arrested her husband, Yuri, for spying.
0:39.1	She hasn't seen or heard from him since.
0:41.7	But now, she's been told that, after his interrogation, he was brought here for a psychological checkup.
0:49.1	She looks at the doctor.
0:50.7	Is he safe?
0:51.9	Is he well?
0:53.5	Has he asked for me?
0:56.5	The doctor ignores her questions.
0:59.8	Arena hurries along behind him, trying to keep pace with his longer strides.
1:04.7	She cranes her neck to steal a glance at the clipboard he is checking.
1:09.1	He is through here.
1:12.7	The doctor leads Arina into a hospital room.
1:22.1	Inside is a single bed. Yuri, no! Irina's face turns white. Yuri is lying on his back,
1:28.4	on top of the bed sheets. His eyes are half open. There are black and purple bruise marks around his neck.
1:31.0	Signs of a violent struggle.
1:34.9	Arena rushes to his sides and puts her ear to his mouth.
1:37.7	She hears and feels nothing.
1:39.6	His chest is still.
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