How Soviet Russia Conducted ‘Ideological Subversion’ in Western Nations

The defection of Russian intelligence officer Igor Gouzenko, stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa during and after the Second World War, is one of the highest-profile cases of defection in Canadian history—even said to be the event that triggered the Cold War.

Gouzenko exposed the extent of the Soviet spy network in the West at that time, including dictator Joseph Stalin’s efforts to steal nuclear secrets and the technique of infiltrating sleeper agents into target countries.

But some of the most chilling revelations came from another spy who defected to Canada 25 years later, exposing how the Soviet Union set about creating chaos and discord in the West—the fallout from which continues to be felt today.

Yuri Bezmenov, a former KGB spy and state media propagandist who defected to Canada in 1970, said ideological subversion—in other words, mass brainwashing—was one very effective method used by the communist regime to undermine and destabilize Western countries.

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