11 Facts About German Ugryumov

German Alexeyevich Ugryumov was a Soviet and Russian navy and security services official.

German Ugryumov worked for the Caspian Fleet counterintelligence unit in Baku until 1992, and worked in Azerbaijan during the Black January of 1990.

German Ugryumov was found not guilty by a court in 2000, but the decision was later overturned, and on 25 December 2001 Pasko was sentenced to four years imprisonment.

German Ugryumov had already died by the time of Pasko's sentence.

German Ugryumov masterminded the arrest of Chechen warlord Salman Raduev in March 2000.

In spring 2001, German Ugryumov was promoted from rear admiral to admiral.

German Ugryumov died on 31 May 2001 in Khankala, the main Russian military base in Chechnya.

However, according to Grigory Pasko, German Ugryumov's death was probably a murder, and some undisclosed FSB sources informed Alexander Korzhakov's "Stringer" website that German Ugryumov had shot himself.

Vyacheslav Morozov, a friend and colleague of German Ugryumov, subsequently published a biography of German Ugryumov entitled The FSB Admiral.

Felshtinsky had passed the letter to the newspaper, and alleged that German Ugryumov had committed suicide, possibly under pressure from the FSB.

German Ugryumov allegedly provided cover for Arbi Barayev, who was killed soon after his death.