Vladimir Putin's ID card when he was still a spy for Russia was found in Germany

News24xx.com - The discovery of an East German secret police identity card became a worldwide conversation because the name and face of Russian President Vladimir Putin was emblazoned in it. The identity card of the German secret police and intelligence agency, often called the Stasi, contained black and white photos of Putin.

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Reported by CNN, the card was issued in 1985. In the same year, Putin reportedly still worked for the Russian intelligence agency, KGB. During that period, pro-democracy protests were aggressively rocking the communist regime. The battle ended with communist defeat and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Putin himself was stationed in Dresden, East Germany, in 1985-1990. He held the role of liaison with the KGB and Stasi, thus gaining access to facilities in Germany. In a statement, the Stasi Records Agency (BStu) stated that the identity card did not mean that Putih worked for the Stasi.

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The card was given to Putin only to enter the Stasi office. "In 15 districts in East Germany, all KGB representatives got identity cards to access the Stasi office buildings. Likewise for Vladimir Putin" said a statement from BStu.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was not surprised to find out that the identity card was spread. "As is well known, when the Soviet Union was still existed, KGB and Stasi were the intelligence institutions that cooperated with each other. So the exchange of identity like that was normal" he said, quoted by Reuters.

 

 

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