Matthias Warnig
German businessman and former East German Stasi spy
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Updated 2026-06-19
Artur Matthias Warnig is a former East German Stasi officer and a Russia-based businessman who has worked closely with Vladimir Putin. He joined the Stasi, the secret police of communist East Germany, in 1974. During the Cold War he engaged in financial crimes by attempting to infiltrate and spy against banks in the Federal Republic of Germany. After the Stasi was disbanded following the unification of Germany, he was left unemployed and moved to Russia, where he took part in business ventures in cooperation with Putin, whom he had already known as a Stasi officer.
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- Варниг, МаттиасLow confidencewikipedia · ru.wikipedia.org
- ماثيو وارنيجLow confidencewikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
- Matthias WarnigLow confidencewikipedia · de.wikipedia.org