RememberUsAlways<p>"Soviet double agent Dmitri Polyakov was arrested by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KGB</span></a> on July 7 1986, six years after his retirement. Polyakov spent 21 years spying for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> and CIA, all while working for Soviet Military Intelligence. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Polyakov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polyakov</span></a> insisted on being given only $3000 a year, and asked to be paid in power tools and fishing gear. He was betrayed by double agents within the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a>, Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames. In 1988, Polyakov was sentenced to death for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treason</span></a>"<br><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-july-7-what-happened-on-this-day/fe5d7bc7-7497-4465-841d-c2cff89f6b7e" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">9news.com.au/world/today-in-hi</span><span class="invisible">story-july-7-what-happened-on-this-day/fe5d7bc7-7497-4465-841d-c2cff89f6b7e</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>