Here is an interesting fact about the Nord Stream AG CEO: “He is a former officer in the Stasi.” and “an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin” Funny how m

Here is an interesting fact about the Nord Stream AG CEO: “He is a former officer in the Stasi.” and “an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin” Funny how most of these former communist secret service agents are all involved in shady business. This is common to all former communist countries, east germany included. The former soviet aligned block somehow generated a lot of these types and i fail to understand why. Is it because communist suppression regimes relied on criminals in their early stages, and as such, they bubbled up into leadership positions? Or is it simply that they had access to information regular people didnt? But still I dont understand why they chose a shady / criminal path. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Warnig https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Warnig