Felix Karasev Explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. News: Hämäläinen, Unto . Felix Karasev 1929–2023: Koiviston ja Kremlin viestinviejä . Obituary . Helsingin Sanomat . 3 February 2023 . B 16 . Finnish .
2. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Birds+of+a+feather+upwardly+mobile/1135226329670 Birds of a feather, upwardly mobile.
3. News: National Archives releases over 13,000 JFK assassination files . 15 December 2022 . New York Post.
4. Web site: Paluumatkan mutkat : Inkeriläisten paluumuuton alkaminen ja laajeneminen Neuvostoliiton hajoamisen aikaan. Kristiina Häikiö . 16 December 2022 . University of Helsinki . doctoral dissertation.