Organisation which gave Vladimir Putin an ID pass in 1985 (5)

I believe the answer is:

stasi

(Other definitions for stasi that I've seen before include "old secret service" , "East German Secret Police" , "Force that spied" , "Force behind Wall" , "Former German security service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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