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Soviet Cold War spy gadgets up for auction in US

Espionage gadgets from the former Soviet Union’s security agency will go under the hammer in an auction in Beverly Hills, USA on February 13, 2021. The collection includes a handbag with a hidden camera, an ashtray with a concealed microphone, fake teeth used to hide cyanide and a replica of an umbrella with a hidden poison needle believed to have been used to assassinate Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov. 
 

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