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Yevgeny Ivanov

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Spy

The Resume

    (January 11, 1926-January 17, 1994)
    Born in Russian Federation
    Naval attache at the Soviet embassy in London
    Military intelligence officer
    Had an affair with Christine Keeler at the same time she was sleeping with British War Minister John Profumo
    Wrote the memoirs 'The Naked Spy' (1992)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was nicknamed 'Huggy Bear.'
    He tried to use Keeler to find out from Profumo when American missiles would be delivered to West Germany.
    His wife left him over his affair with Keeler.
    Profumo's wife, actress Valerie Hobson, sued him for libel after he claimed in 'The Naked Spy' that he stole documents from the Profumo home while Hobson made him tea.
    He drank himself to death.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Mandy Rice-Davies said he was 'very handsome in a James Bond sort of way, very easy to talk to, warm, humorous, generous too.'
    His friendship with Keeler's mentor, Stephen Ward, was encouraged by Britain's MI-5 intelligence agency, who hoped they might persuade him to defect.
    He later apologized to Keeler for trying to use her to get information from Profumo.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 340 Votes: 64.12% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 98 Votes: 45.92% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 86.36% Annoying