Former British spy Christopher Steele is understood to have left for an unknown location over fears of a backlash from Moscow.

Sources reportedly say the 52-year-old is “terrified for his safety”.

Last night senior British security sources revealed emergency measures were being taken to make the MI6 veteran safe.

A source said: “Once his name came out the view was that he could be under threat so steps are being taken to protect him and put him in a more secure environment.”

“British newspapers and media outlets were being asked not to name him until after 10pm tonight to give him some leeway so he could be made safe.

“That means it is possible he was being transported to an emergency safe house – which may be in a different country.”

Last night senior British security sources revealed emergency measures were being taken to make the MI6 veteran safe. 

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It comes after a 35-page dossier of memos allegedly compiled by the ex intelligence agent exposed allegations Donald Trump was reportedly bugged by Russian spies while in Moscow where he allegedly carried out “perverted sexual acts” in the presidential suite of a hotel.

It claimed he stayed at the Ritz Carlton Hotel and made prostitutes defile the bed knowing Barack and Michelle Obama had stayed there on a recent trip.

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A general view shows the Ritz-Carlton hotel near Moscow’s Red Square 

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Mr Trump angrily dismissed the claims today claiming “I have a phobia of germs.”

The unverified memos released late Tuesday night also claimed Russian authorities had been cultivating and supporting the billionaire businessman for at least five years, “feeding Mr Trump and his team valuable intelligence on his opponents,

A two-page summary of the allegations were reportedly presented to Mr Trump and Mr Obama last week in meetings with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers.

SIS (Secret Intelligence Service or MI6) Building in London 

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It is understood the allegations were pulled together the ex-spook who now heads a private company gathering intelligence but was reportedly used to be stationed in Russia in the 1990s.

The document claimed the Russians had bugged the president in order to blackmail him .

A diplomatic service list shows that the ex-spy was posted to the U.K.’s Moscow embassy in 1990 with the title of ‘Second Secretary’, serving under ambassador Sir Rodric Braithwaite.

However, it is not known how long he was posted at the embassy for.

Mr Steele is listed as a director of a private security and investigations firm in London, called Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd, on Linkedin.