DMac
2nd September 2010, 10:45 AM
I wonder if he knew Matt Simmons? :P
Russian Intelligence Chief Dies While Swimming (http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpps/news/russian-intelligence-chief-dies-while-swimming-dpgonc-km-20100828_9383926)
"Several days ago, General Yuri Ivanov died while swimming," official news agency RIA Novosti quoted a military source as saying.
Ivanov was deputy head of the GRU, the overseas intelligence gathering arm of the Russian military.
During the Soviet era the GRU was considered a rival to the KGB, the secret service, now known as the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Russian Intelligence Chief Dies While Swimming (http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpps/news/russian-intelligence-chief-dies-while-swimming-dpgonc-km-20100828_9383926)
"Several days ago, General Yuri Ivanov died while swimming," official news agency RIA Novosti quoted a military source as saying.
Ivanov was deputy head of the GRU, the overseas intelligence gathering arm of the Russian military.
During the Soviet era the GRU was considered a rival to the KGB, the secret service, now known as the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).