Alexander Vassiliev
Russian writer
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Born 1962 · age 64
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Updated 2026-07-06
Alexander Yuryevich Vassiliev is a Russian-British journalist, writer, and espionage historian living in London who is a subject matter expert in the Soviet KGB and Russian SVR. A former officer in the KGB, he is known for his two books based upon KGB archival documents: Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, co-authored with John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, and The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America: the Stalin Era, co-authored with Allen Weinstein.
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- Васильев, Александр Юрьевич (журналист)Low confidencewikipedia · ru.wikipedia.org
- ألكسندر فاسيلييف (صحفي)Low confidencewikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
- اليكساندر ڤاسيليڤ (صحفى)Low confidencewikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
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