# True Spies Debrief: Gordon Corera on Vasili Mitrokhin

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Podcast: [True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-spies-espionage-investigation-crime-murder-detective-politics-364993)
Published: 2026-01-27T08:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

Gordon Corera, veteran security journalist and co-host of The Rest is Classified, joins Morgan Childs to discuss the central figure in his latest book - Vasili Mitrokhin. Mitrokhin was a KGB archivist who defected to the West in 1992, bringing with him a trove of Russian secrets. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs. Gordon Corera is the author of The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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