The 1978 assassination of Georgi Markov remains a KGB-linked mystery

In September 1978, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov died after being poisoned in London with a modified umbrella.

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The investigation implicated the KGB, but no suspect was ever charged in this case.

This assassination highlights targeted elimination methods during the Cold War.

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