Top Russian intelligence official 'moved to high-security Moscow jail' as Putin steps up purge of his secret services
Sergei Beseda, head of the 5th Service of the FSB, was earlier under house arrest. He has now been placed in pre-trial detention in notorious Lefortovo Prison. The move will be seen as a warning to other senior aides of Vladimir Putin.
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