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Russian spy chief ‘thrown in jail’ as Vladimir Putin ‘turns on security officials’

Sergei Beseda said to have been moved to high-security prison amid concerns over leaks about Russia’s faltering war effort

Colonel General Sergei Beseda
Colonel General Sergei Beseda, the head of the FSB’s foreign intelligence unit, has been sent to Moscow’s high-security Lefortovo prison

Vladimir Putin has thrown a top spy chief into prison amid concern over apparent leaks to the US about Russia’s plans in Ukraine, according to reports....

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