Embassy Russian Federation in Japan acquired the rights for a grave of the scout Zorge

Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation the Rights for a grave to Tokyo the Hero Soviet Union Zorge Rikhard which worked under cover to Japan before World War II, passed to the Russian Embassy. The military attache of the Russian diplomatic mission Shashkov Sergei, transfers information agency "ITAR-TASS". "After certain legal procedures Hanako Isiya's successors (the civil wife of the scout) issued the will about transfer of rights to this grave to Embassy Russian Federation in Japan" — he specified, speaking at the ceremony devoted to the 125 anniversary since the birth of Zorge. Zorge Rikhard worked for the Soviet investigation to Japan from 1933 to 1941...