Felix Karasev

Felix Karasev or Feliks Dmitriyevich Sutyrin (Russian: Феликс Дмитриевич Сутырин; 1 May 1929, Leningrad – 12 January 2023, St. Petersburg) was a KGB colonel and Soviet diplomat. He served three times in Finland between 1963 and 1992. His memoir Naapurinpojan muistelmat was published in Finnish in 1998.[1]

Both Vladimir Putin and Sergei Ivanov worked for Karasev when he was in the Leningrad and Leningrad Region Directorate of the KGB.[2]

Some sources say that Karasev was a KGB general.[3][4]

References
  1. Hämäläinen, Unto (3 February 2023). "Felix Karasev 1929–2023: Koiviston ja Kremlin viestinviejä". Helsingin Sanomat (Obituary) (in Finnish). p. B 16.
  2. Birds of a feather, upwardly mobile. Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Helsingin Sanomat.
  3. "National Archives releases over 13,000 JFK assassination files". New York Post. 15 December 2022.
  4. Kristiina Häikiö (16 December 2022). "Paluumatkan mutkat : Inkeriläisten paluumuuton alkaminen ja laajeneminen Neuvostoliiton hajoamisen aikaan" (doctoral dissertation). University of Helsinki.
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