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Globe and Mail: KGB archives show how Chrystia Freeland drew the ire (and respect) of Soviets

Published Oct. 13, 2021. Updated Oct. 13 at 9:43 am

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the press on June 13, 2019, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.

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The Soviet Union’s secret police, the infamous KGB, praised her savvy and erudition, even as she frustrated their attempts to spy on her in Cold War Ukraine. They tagged her with the code name Frida. But today we know Chrystia Freeland as Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.