Researchers have unearthed an ID card issued by the Stasi, East Germany’s secret police, to a young Vladimir Putin, when he was a KGB officer in Dresden in the late 1980s.
The document was reportedly found by chance when researchers from a media outlet requested documents from the archive of the Stasi Records Agency.
The ID was held by Putin between 1985 and 1989, however it does not mean that he worked for the Stasi. Rather, it means he had access to their offices.
According to the archive, KGB officers stationed in East Germany working on cooperation between institutions were automatically issued Stasi ID cards.
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