Diplomat found dead outside Berlin embassy was Russian secret agent - Der Spiegel


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  • Saturday, 06 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: The national flag flutters on top of the Russian embassy after Germany expelled two Russian diplomats in Berlin, Germany, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) -German security services believe that a man found dead in a street outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of Russia's FSB intelligence service, Der Spiegel reported on Friday.

The body of the 35-year-old man was found early on Oct. 19 by Berlin police officers guarding the building, the magazine said. Quoting security sources, it said the man had fallen from an upper floor at the embassy.

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