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Rainer Rupp

1945

Nationality
Germany
Occupation
economist

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. JVA Saarbrücken
    Dates unknown

Biography

Rainer Rupp (born September 21, 1945 in Saarlouis, Germany) is a former top spy who worked under the codenames Mosel and later Topaz for the East German intelligence service HVA (General Reconnaissance Administration) in the NATO headquarters in Brussels from 1977 until 1989, releasing documents of the highest importance (Cosmic Top Secret) to the Eastern Bloc.

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