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'''Alexander Vassiliev''' (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Васильев; born 1962, in [[Moscow]]) is a [[Russian]]-[[British]] [[journalist]], [[writer]], [[espionage]] [[historian]], and former [[KGB]] officer. He lives in [[London]] and is a recognized expert on [[Soviet]] KGB and Russian [[SVR]] intelligence operations, particularly Soviet espionage in the [[United States]] during the [[Stalin]] era.

'''Alexander Vassiliev''' (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Васильев; born 1962, in [[Moscow]]) is a [[Russian]]-[[British]] [[journalist]], [[writer]], [[espionage]] [[historian]], and former [[KGB]] officer. He lives in [[London]] and is a recognized expert on [[Soviet]] KGB and Russian [[SVR]] intelligence operations, particularly Soviet espionage in the [[United States]] during the [[Stalin]] era.

==Background and KGB Servic==

==Background and KGB Service==

Vassiliev graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (international section). In 1985, he entered the Andropov Red Banner Institute (the KGB's training school) and graduated in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, he served as an operative in the First (American) Department of the KGB's First Chief Directorate. He resigned from the KGB in February 1990 for [[political]] and [[moral]] reasons and also left the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] that year.

Vassiliev graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (international section). In 1985, he entered the Andropov Red Banner Institute (the KGB's training school) and graduated in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, he served as an operative in the First (American) Department of the KGB's First Chief Directorate. He resigned from the KGB in February 1990 for [[political]] and [[moral]] reasons and also left the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] that year.