Kremlin Acknowledges Assassin, Sleeper Agents Among Returned Prisoners

Published on August 2, 2024

The Kremlin is acknowledging for the first time that some of the prisoners released back to Russia this week are members of Russian security and intelligence services. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said during a press call on Aug. 2 that one of the prisoners was a member of an elite security service, and two others were sleeper agents. Vadim Krasikov was serving a life sentence in Germany for the 2019 killing of a former Chechen fighter in Berlin. German judges said the murder was carried out on orders from Russian authorities, but Moscow has denied those accusations until now. Peskov told reporters on Aug. 2 that Krasikov is an officer of the Federal Security Service (FSB). He also said Krasikov once served in the FSB’s elite Alpha unit, alongside some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bodyguards....

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