Some of his achievements as an intelligence officer of the Soviet Union were revealed to journalists by Yuri Shevchenko, who in the 1970s claims that he managed to obtain sensitive files related to the work of the American government, the American Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the CIA and NATO.
"I was assigned a mission:the main adversary (the US) and NATO ... The size of my mission describes how it was necessary to gain access to the government, the CIA, the State Department, the FBI and NATO headquarters," he said. Shevchenko, according to the historical journal Vorontsovo. Even now, however, Shevchenko is not allowed to reveal all the details of his mission.
“I'll avoid the details and summarize:the only thing I didn't deal with was the FBI. I was able to gain control over everything else. And I received classified documents - about 300 volumes of files - stamped "top secret" and stamped "secular", adding that "secular" means the highest level of confidentiality and secrecy.
In January, the director of the Russian Intelligence Service and the president of the Russian Historical Institute, Sergei Naryshkin, for the first time published the names of seven "illegal" agents who performed important work protecting Russia's interests. Among them was Shevchenko.
According to the Russian Intelligence Service, an "illegal" agent is a spy who operates in a foreign country, but with false information, presenting him as a resident of that country or a citizen of a third country.
According to the Service, Shevchenko, starting in 1969, often made business trips abroad, gathering information, working with key sources. He was involved in finding and recruiting people who helped the Soviet Intelligence Services and has successfully managed to extract documents marked "secular". Shevchenko has received numerous honors for his services, with Russian President Vladimir Putin awarding him the "Hero of Russia" medal in 2017.
SOURCE:SPUTNIK