About this episode

The episode recounts Rolf Mowatt-Larssen's experiences during a violent coup in Russia in 1993.

It's 1993, and Russia is tearing itself apart. A violent coup is threatening to derail Boris Yeltsin's fragile post-Soviet government. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Deputy Chief of Station for the CIA in Moscow, is caught in the crossfire. To get out alive, he'll need to lean on an unlikely new ally - Russian Intelligence. In this classic episode of True Spies, Vanessa Kirby tells his story. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Joe Foley. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Kirby

Guest: Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

Topics covered

• Russia
• CIA
• espionage
• post-Soviet government
• intelligence
• political coup

Keywords

• espionage
• CIA
• Russia
• Boris Yeltsin
• intelligence
• political coup
• Moscow
• 1993

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Places: Russia, Moscow, Boris Yeltsin

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