The Russian Embassy in Berlin has lost its second secretary and, according to German intelligence services, an undercovering agent of the second service of the Russian FSB intelligence agency. The diplomat, 35, was found dead at doors from the Embassy of Him.
The diplomat, whose identity has not been announced, was as a second secretary of the Legation since summer of 2019 and, apparently, on October 19 fell empty from the last floor of the building. It was treated, according to the Russian embassy, of a "tragic accident".
The death of the diplomat, son of one of the heads of the FSB, can not be clarified by the German police, while it was a person with diplomatic immunity. According to the weekly 'Der Spiegel', the Russian embassy did not accept that an autopsy was practiced to the deceased body, which has already been transferred to Russia.
The "tragic accident" that ended with the life of the second secretary reminds that suffered in 2003 by the goalkeeper of the embassy. He fell to the grounds of the legation from his apartment.
It is not the first time they come out, although on this occasion indirectly, the acronyms of Russian secret services. The FSB has been related to the murder of the rebellious Chechante and Georgian national Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was shot at the head in a Berlin park in August 2019. Germany has accused Russia to order the murder. Second service officials have also been linked to the poisoning of the Figure of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny in 2020.
Date Of Update: 07 November 2021, 06:30
