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The KGB Welcomes You to Estonia’s Hotel Viru. Please Mind the Hidden Bugs

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When tourism picked up in Estonia in the 1970s, the KGB finally had the perfect way to monitor foreigners and locals: bugging the capital’s swankiest hotel.

Nina Strochlic

Published Jul. 31 2014 5:45AM EDT

articles/2014/07/31/the-kgb-welcomes-you-to-estonia-s-hotel-viru-please-mind-the-hidden-bugs/140730-strochlic-waw-tease_csqhks — Museum Hotel Viru and the KGB

Nina Strochlic

Nina Strochlic

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