After falsely claiming that Australian authorities had kidnapped Petrov, the MVD sent two couriers to Australia to fetch Evdokia Petrova. The code-name was chosen as an English word so that the KGB would assume he worked for the CIA if it learned his codename. Farewell. [5], Артист и юморист Геннадий Ветров. He was known by that name throughout NATO's intelligence services. Nothing much is known about Vladimir Education Background & Childhood. Wetrow wurde 1932 in Moskau geboren. Januar 1985 ebenda) war ein sowjetischer KGB-Offizier, der unter dem Aliasnamen Farewell in den Jahren 1981 und 1982 einen Großteil der sowjetischen Technologiespione in Westeuropa und den USA an den französischen Geheimdienst DST verriet. He lived in France for five years, beginning in 1965 when posted there as a Line X officer working for the KGB's 'Directorate T', which specialized in obtaining information about advanced science and technology from western countries. Vladimir Vetrov was born in 1932 and grew up within the Soviet Union. This page was last edited on 14 February 2020, at 17:13. [3] The KGB eventually discovered that he was a double agent. Vladimir Vetrov's zodiac sign is Libra. It was loosely adapted for the French film L'affaire Farewell (2009), starring Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Canet and Alexandra Maria Lara.[2]. August 2020 um 20:22 Uhr bearbeitet. Vladimir Ippolitovich Vetrov (Russian: Владимир Ипполитович Ветров; 10 October 1932 – 23 January 1985) was a high-ranking KGB spy during the Cold War who decided to covertly release valuable information to France and NATO on the Soviet Union's clandestine program aimed at stealing technology from the West. [1] 1957 wurde er vom Geheimdienst angeworben. He identified nearly 100 leads to sources in 16 countries. Die Weitergabe des sowjetischen Technologieprogramms trug wesentlich zur Destabilisierung des Ostblocks bei. Dazu gehörten etwa die Desinformation des Direktorat T, Überlassung fehlerhafter Pläne, Mängellieferungen an die Sowjetunion und das Einstellen von wirtschaftlicher Kooperation. Vladimir Vetrov has not shared about Vladimir Vetrov's parent's name. Diese enthielten neben den Namen von 250 KGB-Agenten der Linie X auch Aufstellungen über ausgeforschte Technologien, Budgets, Desiderata etc. Januar 1985 ebenda) war ein sowjetischer KGB-Offizier, der unter dem Aliasnamen Farewell in den Jahren 1981 und 1982 einen Großteil der sowjetischen Technologiespione in Westeuropa und den USA an den französischen Geheimdienst DST verriet. In February 1982, after heavy drinking caused by a cooling-off period imposed by the French, who were fearful of his discovery through too much contact, Vetrov stabbed his mistress during an argument in his car (she survived). Learn how and when to remove this template message, assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, http://www.spymaniac.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=670&Itemid=7, "Farewell — The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century by Sergei Kostin and Eric Raynaud", "The Farewell Dossier: Duping the Soviets", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vladimir_Vetrov&oldid=960975719, People executed for treason against the Soviet Union, People convicted of murder by the Soviet Union, Articles with dead external links from January 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles needing additional references from March 2013, All articles needing additional references, Articles containing Russian-language text, Articles with dead external links from April 2019, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 June 2020, at 23:34.