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 husband of a famous film star and was prepared to have "a bit of fun" with him. William Shepherd, an MP trusted by MI5, insisted that over the years he often saw Profumo at louche nightspots, including Murray's Cabaret Club during the time that Keeler had worked there, which made it certain that Profumo knew Keeler before the Cliveden party. Shepherd suggested that Profumo was the original owner of the gun used in the shooting incident (see below). The next afternoon the two parties reconvened at the pool, joined by Ivanov, who had arrived that morning. There followed what Lord