Russian diplomat found dead in Berlin was intelligence officer

German media identify man who apparently fell from window of Russian embassy as member of FSB

A Russian diplomat found dead near the country's embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover intelligence agent, German media have reported.

The news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday that police had recovered the body of a Russian diplomat who apparently fell from an embassy window, and that the man had been identified as a member of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia's main intelligence and law enforcement agency.