Overview

• Journalists from ZDF, Der Spiegel, The Insider, Der Standard and PBS published surveillance images and handset data they say identify Jan Marsalek moving around central Moscow.
• Phone-location logs attributed to him recorded 304 pings near the FSB’s Lubjanka headquarters in 2024, with additional signals and photos showing regular routes from the metro.
• Reporters say he uses multiple identities, including a Russian passport in the name Alexander Michaelowitsch Nelidov, and stays at a central Moscow hotel under cover.
• Evidence cited by the outlets includes trips to occupied areas of Ukraine, including Mariupol, and activity coordinated with a companion, Tatiana Spiridonova, who allegedly couriered technology to the FSB.
• German prosecutors continue fraud and suspected intelligence investigations as he remains at large, and UK courts this year convicted an agent ring they said he directed from Moscow.