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on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:05AM
from the professor-snape-would-be-proud dept.
from the professor-snape-would-be-proud dept.
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
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday December 28 2017, @06:15PM (4 children)
when he retired because retired KGB agents didn't receive pensions.
The soviets were far more afraid of us than we were of them. This lead them to use every ruble in self-defense
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @10:57PM
that's because "we" are the aggressor.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:20PM (1 child)
Comrade Putin did not retire, he quit. Quit to become a real estate scammer/political waterboy in his native Leningrad.
But yes, his meteoric rise to power was largely due to KGB connections.
As Putin was quoted, similar to the US Marine saying, "There is no such thing as an ex-Chekist". *
*Both KGB apparatchiks themselves and outsiders used the term "Chekist" as a descriptor. For the uninformed, Felix Dzerzhinky's Cheka was the not-exactly-direct forerunner of the KGB and today's FSB.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:24PM
That should be "Felix Dzerzhinsky" or more correctly "Феликс Дзержинский". Iron Felix at least deserves proper spelling.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday December 29 2017, @02:42AM
The Russkies still are more afraid of us than we are of them, and with good reasons:
1. The US engineered coups in Ukraine and a couple of Caucuses nations that put enemies of Russia right on Russia's borders.
2. The US and its allies are trying to run oil and gas pipelines from their newly conquered Iraq through Syria and Turkey into the EU. That's what the war in Syria is really about. The main reason for this is that it would create a viable alternative to the EU's current use of Russian oil and gas. If this happens, sanctions will come next and cripple the Russian economy.
3. The US and/or EU could kick Russia's butt nine ways to Sunday if it came to a military conflict. The US and EU both have substantial superiority over Russia in technology, supply chains, and available military personnel. And the US economic ties with China mean no help would be likely to come from there if push came to shove.
And it's important to note that Hillary Clinton was very much involved in at least points 1 and 2 of that list, which gives Russia every reason to try whatever they could think of to keep her out of the presidency.
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