I Knew There Was Something About This...

... son of a bitch. Now I get it, it was the pin of Master of Sports of USSR which almost blew his cover))))

They really need to get their act together in fucking G(R)U. But then again, Putin, Patrushev and others are primarily KGB(SVR), so, they don't mind those losers from General Staff failing. Inter-service rivalry, you know, wink, wink.  But, of course, GRU has these guys. 

Ian Fleming and his imaginary James Bond are amateurs compared to these guys;))