Russian diplomat connected to FSB intelligence ‘found dead in Berlin’ | Daily Mail Online
A suspected spy with family ties to Russia’s shadowy FSB has been found dead outside the country’s embassy in Berlin.
Kirill Zhalo, 35, was found lifeless outside the building in central Berlin at 7.20am on October 19 by German guards assigned to protect it. Medics were called but were unable to revive him.
Zhalo appears to have fallen to his death from the upper floor of the building, German newspaper Der Spiegel said, as it broke news of the death today.
But no official cause of death has been given because the embassy refused an autopsy and German prosecutors have no powers to investigate because of Zhalo’s diplomatic status.
Zhalo’s body was repatriated to Russia the following day.
This is unfortunate, possibly.