Russian FSB Spy Master Resigns Abruptly After Putin Slams Intel 'Blunder'

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Nikolai Yuryev, head of the military counterintelligence department of Russia's Federal Security Service has resigned.

What's NewThe counter-intelligence chief of Russia's Federal Security Service has resigned abruptly shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Moscow law enforcement's 'serious blunder' in not preventing a top general's assassination.

Yuryev's reported resignation swiftly followed the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, who was killed on Tuesday by Ukraine's special service when a bomb hidden in a scooter detonated. Kirillov was the chief of Russia's nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, and his death came after he was charged by Ukraine with utilizing banned chemical weapons.

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