{
  "id": 8133489,
  "title": "The KGB sent him to Israel to live a secret life as a spy – at a heavy personal cost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-kgb-sent-him-to-israel-to-live-a-secret-life-as-a-spy-at-a-heavy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:02:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2026-09-18/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/the-kgb-sent-him-to-israel-as-a-spy-at-a-heavy-personal-cost/000001a0-9faa-dfa9-ada3-dfea35370000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Trained to live as foreigners for decades, Soviet 'illegals' deceived even their own children. In an interview, 'The Illegals' author Shaun Walker exposes the heartbreak behind Russia's myth of the heroic spy",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "The West is too busy criticizing Israel to notiice the massacres of Christians",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/the-west-is-too-busy-criticizing-israel-to-notiice-the-massacres-of",
        "published": "2026-09-17T17:19:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "NGO B’Tselem report presents baseless claims of Israel dismantling Palestinian life in West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/ngo-btselem-report-presents-baseless-claims-of-israel-dismantling",
        "published": "2026-09-17T21:24:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}