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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Graeme Murray

Laser scientist dies after being seized from hospital by Putin’s secret services

A top laser scientist has died two days after he was seized from hospital by Russian secret services on ‘spy ring’ claims.

Dr Dmitry Kolker was flown four hours across Russia after being held on suspicion of high treason by the Federal Security Service (FSB ) counterintelligence agency, once headed by Vladimir Putin.

Dr Kolker was one of two leading academics accused of being in a Chinese spy ring.

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