Soviet Spies Monitored Young Boris Johnson, Deemed Him a 'Manic Self-Promoter'

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, successor to the KGB, reportedly holds a file on Boris Johnson from his Oxford student days, initially flagging him as a potential UK leader before dismissing him as a 'manic self-promoter.'

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Soviet spies flagged young Boris Johnson as a potential UK leader in the 1980s — then wrote him off as a ‘manic self-promoter’

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (the SVR), successor to the Soviet KGB, holds a file on Boris Johnson dating to the 1980s, when he was a student at Oxford, The Telegraph reported.

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Soviet spies flagged young Boris Johnson as a potential UK leader in the 1980s — then wrote him off as a ‘manic self-promoter’

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