MOSCOW | Igor Korobov, head of Russia's GRU spy agency, dies at 62
MOSCOW | Igor Korobov, head of Russia’s GRU spy agency, dies at 62
MOSCOW — Igor Korobov, head of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, which has been accused of meddling in U.S. elections, has died in Moscow. He was 62.
The Defense Ministry said Thursday in a statement that Korobov, who led the GRU since 2016, died Wednesday of “a lengthy and grave illness,” a usual Russian euphemism for cancer. His predecessor had died two years earlier, at 58.
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