Felix Karasev

{{Short description|Soviet KGB General and diplomat (1929–2023)}}

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Felix Karasev or Feliks Dmitriyevich Sutyrin ({{langx|ru|Феликс Дмитриевич Сутырин}}; 1 May 1929, Leningrad – 12 January 2023, St. Petersburg) was a KGB colonel and Soviet diplomat. He served three times in Finland between 1963 and 1992. His memoir Naapurinpojan muistelmat was published in Finnish in 1998.{{cite news | author=Hämäläinen, Unto | title=Felix Karasev 1929–2023: Koiviston ja Kremlin viestinviejä | type=Obituary | newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat | date=3 February 2023 | page=B 16 | language=Finnish | url=http://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000009365370.html }}

Both Vladimir Putin and Sergei Ivanov worked for Karasev when he was in the Leningrad and Leningrad Region Directorate of the KGB.[http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Birds+of+a+feather+upwardly+mobile/1135226329670 Birds of a feather, upwardly mobile.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020092221/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Birds+of+a+feather+upwardly+mobile/1135226329670 |date=20 October 2012 }} Helsingin Sanomat.

Some sources say that Karasev was a KGB general.{{cite news | url=https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/national-archives-releases-13000-jfk-assassination-files/ | title = National Archives releases over 13,000 JFK assassination files | date=15 December 2022 | newspaper = New York Post}}{{cite web | url = https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/ae75f706-210e-43ae-b7c8-c4b2e53f6c69 | title=Paluumatkan mutkat : Inkeriläisten paluumuuton alkaminen ja laajeneminen Neuvostoliiton hajoamisen aikaan| author=Kristiina Häikiö | date=16 December 2022 |publisher=University of Helsinki | type=doctoral dissertation}}