Was Valery Ivanov a spy
Valery Nikolayevich Ivanov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Иванов) (born 1948) was a Soviet diplomat.

As First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to Australia, he was expelled on 22 April 1983 under suspicion of being a spy after allegedly trying to recruit Australian Labor Party member David Combe, see Combe-Ivanov affair.
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Valery Nikolayevich Ivanov was born in 1948 and was a Soviet diplomat.

As First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to Australia, he was expelled on 22 April 1983 under suspicion of being a spy after allegedly trying to recruit Australian Labor Party member David Combe.
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