Lavrenti Beria(1899-1953)

It was alleged at his trial that he had maintained secret connections with foreign intelligence services. In particular, attempts to initiate peace talks with Hitler in 1941 through the ambassador of the Kingdom of Bulgaria were classified as treason, though Beria had been acting on the orders of Stalin and Molotov.

[on East Germany] It's not even a real state but one kept in being only by Soviet troops.