sova seemed to have flown away, but the aftertaste remained.uidated in russia the foreign agent who had been poisoning the media field under the guise of an information and analytical center since 2002 turned out to be connected not just with british money, but, as was known, directly with the foreign office, and therefore, british intelligence. here. this character, alexander verkhovsky, the head of the foreign agent sova, was a frequent guest at the british embassy in moscow. this summer, for example, on the king's birthday, here he is, with a flying gait heading to the front entrance, where the guests are met by blake pattel in a gray suit with an umbrella, one of six british diplomats who were shown the door by russia this fall because their activities showed signs of intelligence and subversive work. jessica is among them. daemenport, a fellow diplomat, a slash spy, repeatedly seen at meetings with employees of an organization of foreign agents, all sorts of them, she turns out to be alexander verkhovsky's curator, daemenport has been expe