A Stasi ID card used by President Vladimir Putin when he was a Soviet spy in former East Germany has been found in the Stasi secret police archive in Dresden.
Putin’s stasi card was found during research into the close cooperation between the KGB and Stasi.
Quarterly stamps on the card show it remained in use to the final quarter of 1989 when the Berlin Wall collapsed.
The authority in charge of the Stasi archives say it was common for KGB agents stationed in East Germany to be issued passes giving them entry to Stasi office and there is no evidence Putin worked for the Stasi.