Grigori Aleksandrovich Tokaev (Ossetian: Токаты Ахмæты фырт Гогки , Tokaty Axmæty fyrt Gogki; Russian: Григорий Александрович Токаев) also known as Grigory Tokaty; (13 October 1909 – 23 November 2003) was a rocket scientist, and long-standing critic of Stalin's USSR. During his time in Britain, he also worked to create material for the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the UK Foreign Office which promoted anti-communism during the Cold War.