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Sixteen-year-old Nadya Vanova listens intently as a customer orders a Big Mak, kartofel-fries and an ice-cream koktel, or milkshake. After punching the order into one of 29 computerized cash registers, she nods and says, "Thank you. Please come again." But assistant manager Sergei Skvortsov, 25, shakes his head unhappily as he observes her trial run. "Nyet," he tells the nervous trainee. "Try again. You must look each customer in the eye and smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow's Big Mak Attack | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...from the United States under a broad accusation of spying have left the country, the State Department announced. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that among the final five to depart were Valery Savchenko, said to be the KGB station chief in New York, and Vladislav Skvortsov, said to be the New York chief of the GRU, Soviet military intelligence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Will Call for New Talks on Europe | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

...widespread U.S. suspicion that the U.N. is used as a convenient back door by spies and other subversive characters was strengthened last week. ¶The U.S. delegation to the U.N. announced that it had requested the dismissal of a high Russian staff member for attempted espionage. The accused: Nikolai Skvortsov, 39, special assistant to U.N.'s Assistant Secretary General for Security Council Affairs, Constantin Zinchenko. Skvortsov never seemed to do much work; he just spent an unusual amount of time chatting with non-Russians. The State Department learned a year ago that Skvortsov was engaged in espionage. While Skvortsov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Russian at the Back Door | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

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