Vladimir Stoyanov Zaimov (8 December 1888 – 3 June 1942) was a Bulgarian general who acted as a Soviet spy in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

When the war started, he was given orders by the Soviet Communist Party to resist the German occupation, but was later on arrested on 22 March 1942 on the charges of espionage and was sentenced next day.

On 3 June 1942 he asked for a pardon from Boris III, but was declined and that day executed.

In May 1945 he was rehabilitated by the Sofia Court House at the People's Tribunal of the Fatherland Front.

[1] In People's Republic of Bulgaria there are streets, squares and schools named after Vladimir Zaimov.