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Sergei Beseda has resigned as head of the 5th Service of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian investigative outlet Important Stories reported on June 22, citing its undisclosed sources. The 5th Service is in charge of the FSB’s relations with foreign partners and gathering intelligence in former Soviet countries, including Ukraine. The service provided Russian dictator Vladimir Putin with information about political developments in Ukraine on the eve of the full-scale invasion, according to Important Stories. The intelligence provided by the 5th Service turned out to be inaccurate …

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