Old KGB run New Russia
Didnt everyone see this comming? Russia, and the everyday Russians deserve so much better than elite mobsters trashing the country & its (remaining & outstanding) culture.
Virtually all key positions in Russian political life -- in government and the economy -- are controlled by the so-called "siloviki," a blanket term to describe the network of former and current state-security officers with personal ties to the Soviet-era KGB and its successor agencies.
The core of the siloviki group, led by former KGB officer and Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Vladimir Putin himself, comprises about 6,000 security-service alumni who entered the corridors of power during Putin's first term. Now, as Putin's second term winds down, their clout is virtually unassailable.
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We've just spent the week at the ranch of Julius Strauss, ex-Telegraph writer on Moscow. Some of his pieces on Putin and the ex-KGB people are excellent--http://www.juliusstrauss.com/portfolio.htm
His stuff on post-11/09 Afghanistan is good too.
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