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It isn't so impressive or surprising if you observe that a KGB man is in charge of Russia and the three letter agencies in America tasked with countering him ha

It isn't so impressive or surprising if you observe that a KGB man is in charge of Russia and the three letter agencies in America tasked with countering him have been tied up with other tasks since the the eleventh of september 2001 for some reason.

mirimir 8y ago
And not just a "KGB man". Much of Putin's family died in the siege of Leningrad. And, as his key assistant, he watched Yeltsin sink into alcoholism and depression, as the Soviet Union fell apart, and Russia was humiliated. So he's recreated the KGB.[0] 0) https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/21/putin-has-finally-reincarnated-the-kgb-mgb-fsb-russia/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/21/putin-has-finally-reinc... Edit: That is, I think that it's personal, for him. A matter of honor.
- lostlogin 8y ago
  Agreed. To add to your points, Putin’s grandfather was a cook for Lenin and Stalin. Speculation: He grew up hearing about these ‘”heros”. https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.rbth.com/document/5aa678c485600a08ba0c3964/amp https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.rbth.com/document/5aa678c...
- mirimir 8y ago
  Also, see this for context: https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-s-a-solid-man-declassified-memos-offer-window-into-yeltsin-clinton-relationship/29462317.html https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-s-a-solid-man-declassified-mem...
- chupasaurus 8y ago
  Yeltsin had sunk into bottle before Putin came in his sight in 1996. Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is still separated from FSB/KGB. edit: wording. Definitely not a russian intelligence agent :)
asabjorn 8y ago
As I said elsewhere: Yes, the KGB defector Yuri [1] in 1984 said as much that there is manipulation. He describes a slow distruption they started of America by infiltrating the education system. This attacks the weakness of a democracy, which is the fact that it’s run by people for the behest of itself as a system and does not answer to an estate that would otherwise check its malfunctioning. However, that doesn’t mean the movements of dissent is caused by this. They could be, or they could be a symptom of the problems not solved by a long term malfunctioning Democratic system. And the malfunctioning could be some other more major political ideology. [1] https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA

mirimir 8y ago

And not just a "KGB man". Much of Putin's family died in the siege of Leningrad. And, as his key assistant, he watched Yeltsin sink into alcoholism and depression, as the Soviet Union fell apart, and Russia was humiliated. So he's recreated the KGB.[0] 0) https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/21/putin-has-finally-reincarnated-the-kgb-mgb-fsb-russia/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/21/putin-has-finally-reinc... Edit: That is, I think that it's personal, for him. A matter of honor.

lostlogin 8y ago
Agreed. To add to your points, Putin’s grandfather was a cook for Lenin and Stalin. Speculation: He grew up hearing about these ‘”heros”. https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.rbth.com/document/5aa678c485600a08ba0c3964/amp https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.rbth.com/document/5aa678c...
mirimir 8y ago
Also, see this for context: https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-s-a-solid-man-declassified-memos-offer-window-into-yeltsin-clinton-relationship/29462317.html https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-s-a-solid-man-declassified-mem...
chupasaurus 8y ago
Yeltsin had sunk into bottle before Putin came in his sight in 1996. Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is still separated from FSB/KGB. edit: wording. Definitely not a russian intelligence agent :)

asabjorn 8y ago

As I said elsewhere: Yes, the KGB defector Yuri [1] in 1984 said as much that there is manipulation. He describes a slow distruption they started of America by infiltrating the education system. This attacks the weakness of a democracy, which is the fact that it’s run by people for the behest of itself as a system and does not answer to an estate that would otherwise check its malfunctioning. However, that doesn’t mean the movements of dissent is caused by this. They could be, or they could be a symptom of the problems not solved by a long term malfunctioning Democratic system. And the malfunctioning could be some other more major political ideology. [1] https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA