Germany: FSB agent found dead in front of Russian embassy in Berlin

The Russian Embassy in Berlin (illustrative image).

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German weekly

 reveals that a Russian diplomat died under suspicious circumstances in Berlin in mid-October.

According to the magazine, the man actually worked for his country's secret service.

German justice not having been able to investigate due to the diplomatic status of the man whose body has already been repatriated to Russia, it will be difficult to clarify this tragic death.

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With our correspondent in Berlin,

It was in the early morning of October 19 that the German police officers in charge of the surveillance of the Russian embassy in Berlin made a macabre discovery.

The body of a diplomat lies lifeless on the sidewalk.

The weekly

 reveals it this Friday.

The official reactions are very slim: the German Foreign Ministry just admits being aware of this death.

The Russian embassy evokes "

".

Due to the diplomatic status of his collaborator, in post for two years, no investigation on the German side has been launched.

The body of the 35-year-old man was repatriated.  

According to

, the diplomat was considered by the German authorities to be an agent of the FSB, the Russian internal intelligence services.

According to investigative platforms, the man was the son of a high-ranking FSB officer tasked with killing journalists and other people Moscow wants to get rid of. 

The Western secret service suspects this unit of being involved in the murder of a Georgian national in the heart of Berlin two years ago.

Leonid Wolkow, a relative

, writes on the Telegram network: "

" suggesting that it was not an accident .

Wolkow considers this to be a "

"

incident

.

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