[readhn]

"The one shown here, was found in 2018 in a forgotten cache in a West European country. Based on the manufacturing codes on some of the components, it was probably manufactured in 1962. "

"forgotten" it was not - KGB does not forget! just deemed useless to both sides and not worth the extraction risk later on.

also, i wonder if one of Putin's buddies used these back in the days when he was stationed in East Germany in the 80's.

[kryptiskt]

But Stasi ceased to exist in an orgy of shredding, so it might very well have been forgotten.

[emptybits]

Perhaps, but we were reminded just this week that some Stasi memories are well preserved. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/valdimir-putin...

[themodelplumber]

I wonder if there are any news articles about what else might have been found in the cache, and where it was found?

Edit: Just hadn't read far enough...