Yevgeny Ivanov (spy) Ivanov is portrayed by Jeroen Krabbé in the 1989 film "Scandal" and by Ian Conningham in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "Stephen Ward the Musical", which opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 19 December 2013. Peter Sellers portrayed Ivanov in British audio comedy "Fool Britannia" (1963). Yevgeny Ivanov (spy) Captain Yevgeny Mikhailovich Ivanov (; 11 January 1926 – 17 January 1994), also known as Eugene Ivanov, was a naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy in London during the early 1960s, and was also engaged in espionage. His affair with Christine Keeler resulted in another of her lovers, John Profumo, resigning
Profumo affair ministers felt it necessary to demonstrate their loyalty to the prime minister. In a BBC interview on 13 June Lord Hailsham, holder of several ministerial offices, denounced Profumo in a manner which, according to "The Observer"s reporter, "had to be seen to be believed". Hailsham insisted that "a great party is not to be brought down because of a squalid affair between a woman of easy virtue and a proven liar". In the debate, Wilson concentrated almost exclusively on the extent to which the prime minister and his colleagues had been dilatory in not identifying a clear security risk arising