Vladimir Pravdin or Roland Lyudvigovich Abbiate codename LETCHIK ("Pilot") (August 15, 1905 – 1970) was a senior NKVD assassin working in Europe during the Great Terror. He later became a KGB agent, stationed in the United States.
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