In the United States died, who had escaped from Soviet ex-KGB major

Fled from the Soviet Union with the help of American special services of former KGB major Viktor Sheymov died in the US at the age of 73 years, writes the Washington post. It is noted that Sheymov to escape worked into the eighth head of the KGB subdivision, which dealt with encryption, communications and technical security. In 1980, CIA agents took Him together with his wife and daughter from the capital of Russia. The rest of my life Sheymov held in the United States. he died October 18 at his home in the small town of Vienna, Virginia. His death, which had before been stated, agreed wife Olga. Sheymov Died from complications of lung disease. <span style="color:darkgray