TEASER TO LONDON: PUTIN'S TRIBUTE TO KIM PHILBY

He was born in British India in Ambala (now in Haryana) on 1 January 1912 as Harold Adrian Russell, but later came to be known as "Kim Philby"-legendar British spy, who actually worked for the Russians.

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Amid Russia's ongoing "Special Operations" in Ukraine, Russia has decided to raise in Prokhorovka town in Belgorod region, a sculpture of the late British Secret Intelligence Service officer and Soviet agent Kim Philby. Many see it as an act of Russians teasing and humiliating the British. In the current war, Russia has accused London of sending British spies and mercenaries to Ukraine to work against its forces. But, indeed, it will be a big tribute by Russian President Vladmir Putin, ex-KGB (Russian foreign intelligence agency) spy, to the late British espionage master. Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for