The deceased is called the son of an FSB general and is suspected of collaborating with the Russian special service.
The second secretary of the Russian embassy was killed in Berlin in Berlin, Kirill Zhalo, his body was found by police near the building of the diplomatic mission on October 19. It is assumed that the diplomat fell out of the window of one of the upper floors.
This was reported on Friday, November 5, online edition Der Spiegel.
According to the publication, he died since the summer of 2019. served as the second secretary of the embassy. At the same time, the German security services suspected that he was a hidden agent of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB).
According to the investigative publications of Bellingcat and The Insider, the deceased Russian diplomat Kirill Zhalo was the son of the chief Office for the protection of the constitutional order of the FSB, Lieutenant General Alexei Zhalo. This indicates that they have the same place of residence in Russia.
“Google's cached data shows that the second secretary of the Russian Embassy, Kirill Zhalo, was removed from the diplomatic list of the German Foreign Ministry between November 1-4, 2021” , – Bellingcat and The Insider report.
The Russian Embassy did not agree to hand over the body of the deceased for an autopsy, calling the incident a “tragic event.” The German prosecutor's office was unable to investigate and establish the circumstances and causes of death, since the deceased had diplomatic status.
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