Putin's Stasi spy ID pass found in Germany

Putin's Stasi spy ID pass found in Germany

The Russian president has expressed pride in his record as a communist KGB officer in Dresden in the 1980s.

His Stasi pass was found during research into the close co-operation between the KGB and Stasi.

Mr Putin, then a KGB major, got it in 1985. It got him into Stasi facilities, but he may not have spied for them.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Stasi Records Agency (BStU) said that Mr Putin "received the pass so that he could carry out his KGB work in co-operation with the Stasi".