{"title":"Serguei Kostine","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"adeus-farewell","title":"Goodbye, Farewell","description":"The incredible story of the double agent who hastened the end of communism and tore down the wall between East and West. The trajectory of a man intertwined with the history of an era. A brilliant student, a great athlete, a model husband and father, Vladimir Ippolitovich Vetrov achieved success in everything he attempted. Recruited by the KGB, he was sent to France, then Canada, until he was chosen for a position that gave him unrestricted access to Soviet technology. And he forever changed the landscape of 20th-century espionage. Disillusioned with the Soviet regime and the differences in the supposedly egalitarian socialist society, he approached the Direction de La Surveillance du Territoire (DST) and offered his services as a double agent. Farewell was born. Deep under the watchful eye of the feared and powerful KGB, he flooded the West with the most sensational and sophisticated Russian weapons projects. He betrayed, name by name, country by country, the agents working for the USSR. His collaboration with the DST put France back on the international espionage scene. Originally told in 1997 as \"Good Morning, Farewell,\" the story of this intriguing character now takes on a more human dimension. With the help of Éric Raynaud and his French contacts, Russian author Sergei Kostine was able to fully tell this story of espionage, ideology, courage and villainy, love and hate, crime and punishment, and madness. Without the actions of \"Farewell,\" perhaps the end of the USSR and the Cold War would have come many years later. Practically single-handedly, he exposed Russian strategies for acquiring, legally or otherwise, advanced Western technology. He revealed countless details about concrete operations carried out in various countries. He also exposed communism's failure to keep pace with the rapid advances of the Americans in electronic microtechnology, as well as details of the inner workings of the KGB. Thanks to him, the Soviet machine became much more transparent to the capitalist world. For some a traitor and murderer, for others a hero of freedom, one thing is certain: he struck a direct blow to the heart of the communist regime.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159466361084,"sku":"9788501090355","price":99.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/11ede96f812f115ae4389ee4960b2522_720090a1-73f6-42b7-8226-1d587967b9cc.jpg?v=1778323300"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/serguei-kostine.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}