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MOSCOW – The head of the GRU, the Russian spy agency that Western officials hold responsible for many harmful activities, including the interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, died earlier this year. week, announced Thursday the Department of National Defense.
Igor Korobov, 62, has been running the military intelligence agency since 2016 and died as a result of a "serious and prolonged illness," according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry. The agency praised him as being "a real son of Russia" and "a patriot …