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Former KGB officer in Latvia tells "Sunday People" about his work as agent

BC, Riga, 09.09.2014.Print version
Former Soviet officer of the Committee for State Security (KGB), Boris Karpichkov, told the British magazine "Sunday People" about his work as an agent in Latvia, reports LETA.

The 55-year-old Karpichkov was a major in the KGB of Latvia during the Soviet times.

During his interview with "Sunday People", Karpichkov demonstrated several fighting techniques and told about his work as a secret agent in Soviet Latvia, and as a security officer of Russian Federal Security Service in the independent Latvia.

 

Karpichkov admitted that the Communist regime "completely brainwashed" him.


"I was completely brainwashed – I thought communism was the bright future for the entire world. At first I fancied myself as James Bond. But then I realized what the KGB was really about – blackmail and persecution," Karpichkov said.

 

He told "Sunday People" that he worked in the "Third Department" of the KGB, which specialized in counter-espionage.

 

Karpichkov admitted that he spied for Russia, and also provided information about Russia to Latvia, France, and the United States.

 

The reason why he left Latvia for Great Britain, was because Russia found out about his life as a double-agent.

 

He chose London because he hoped that the British authorities would pay a big reward in return for the information and secret documents he had to offer. Nevertheless, the British services were not interested.

 

In Latvia, Karpichkov is facing charges for misappropriation of large-scale property, counterfeiting of documents, and illegal possession of weapon.

 

He is also charged for misappropriation of USD 232,000, issued by the former Olimpija Bank as a loan to Kompanija Alda", owned by gangster Vladimir Leskov of the Pardaugava Group.

 

Karpichkov remained on the wanted list since 1996, when he fled from his house arrest. In 1999, he was arrested in London, however, the British authorities refused to deliver him to Latvia, without explaining why.






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