This is the first of a three-part series based on never-before-published training manuals for the KGB, the Soviet intelligence organization that Vladimir Putin served as an operative, and that shaped his view of the world. Its veterans still make up an important part of now-Russian President Vladimir Putin's power base. All were trained in the same dark arts, and these primers in tradecraft are essential to an understanding of the way they think and the way they operate.
Source : Revealed: The Secret KGB Manual for Recruiting Spies
(Score: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Thursday December 28 2017, @01:47PM
Very few believe he's a "puppet", despite your paranoia. Most believe he's a "useful idiot".
Here, kid, go larn yerself something about the real world of international relations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3EZCVj2XA
Notice how far we've "progressed" in recent decades?
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves