German investigators who examined Putin's background found that his role as a KGB agent had been greatly exaggerated. As it turns out, Putin was actually performing administrative tasks such as ...

"Putin's KGB background tells us a lot about how he thinks and how he sees the war. He is a creation of the KGB, and the KGB was a terrorist organization," John Sipher, a former CIA officer who ...

"Putin's KGB background tells us a lot about how he thinks and how he sees the war. He is a creation of the KGB, and the KGB was a terrorist organization," John Sipher, a former CIA officer who ...

According to research by the Russian Academy of Sciences, three quarters of senior politicians have a background in the security forces and Russia's largest companies are now headed by former KGB men ...

Well, turns out there’s another layer to his dubious background. According to independent journalist Jacob Silverman, Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov, a former KGB spy. Per ...

The post alleged that in 1987, the KGB recruited a "40-year-old businessman ... At face value, however, information on Mussayev's background does not completely align with what he claims.

What people forget is that Putin was a KGB colonel in charge of the Dresden office in East Germany. On my first visit to Russia in 2004, people I spoke with were willing to discuss politics.