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36. Assassination by Poisoning: Russia & The Soviet Union

SPYCRAFT 101

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Koklov's Assassination Mission

Bogdanz Jazzyzki was recruited by the Soviet NKVD at the age of 19 after he was arrested for riding on a train without a ticket. He was pressured into collaborating with them to prevent his family from being targeted as punishment for his own refusal. At first he was required to spy on Ukrainian nationalists who were opposed to the Soviet government, but then in 1957 he was ordered to assassinate a man named Lev Rabet. Zzjenski was given a brand new weapon for his mission to kill Rabet.

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