Poland deports Russian man who claimed to have been FSB officer

Emran Navruzbekov says he was a senior officer in the FSB, Russia’s security service. Photograph: Emran Navruzbekov

Poland has deported a purported former Russian FSB officer who sought asylum in the country back to Russia, accusing him of lying about his past and background.

Emran Navruzbekov claimed to have been a senior officer in Russia’s FSB security service in the southern region of Dagestan, and had recently given numerous media interviews about FSB operations and alleged misdeeds. He was handed over to Russia at Poland’s land border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday.