Head Of Russia's GRU Military Intelligence Dies

The head of Russian military intelligence, General Igor Korobov, has died at the age of 62 after a long and serious illness.

State news agency TASS reported the ministry as saying Korobov had been made a Hero of Russia for his service in the post, the highest state award.

He had been head of the spy agency since 2016.

The GRU has had accusations made against it for a string of attacks.

Britain has accused the GRU of attempting to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter with a nerve agent in the city of Salisbury. 

The Netherlands has accused it of trying to hack the global chemical weapons watchdog, and US intelligence agencies say it tried to hack the 2016 presidential election.

Russia denies all those allegations.