Athletistic/Tennis. Former Soviet and Russian tennis player Andrei Chesnokov shared a story from the 80s of the previous century. He told how he was recruited by the KGB.

– It was in the 80s. A stranger approached me and made an appointment at the Metropol Hotel near Red Square. Maybe he belonged to the KGB, or maybe other agencies. In the hotel room, he told me that I now had to report what my fellow tennis players did when they traveled abroad: if someone sold or bought something. I accepted because otherwise I would not have been able to travel abroad at all. But I understood that I would not denounce my comrades. I was supposed to call after each trip and tell them about each person, but I never did. So it slowed down,” Chesnokov said, as quoted by Match TV.

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