What Putin learned from the KGB and how it became his 'private army'

"For the KGB in the Soviet Union, they believed in a kind of blitzkrieg of disinformation, leaking fake news documents, surveillance, and they didn't mind if they weren't successful, too, like 50, 60%."

The KGB's ideology of accepting failure has influenced Putin's mindset to allow failures in Ukraine, author and journalist Mark Hollingsworth tells #timesradio

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[magicbulletdancers]

Bless you and yours. Full on love and support from 🇨🇦 Glory and Justice for 🇺🇦 !!

[djtechnique]

That is horrific story about the FSB/Putin. “War criminal” label doesn’t do justice

[DavidGetling]

We should never forget that Putin was just a third rate desk jockey when he was in the KGB.

[echidnanatsuki]

The KGB becoming a "Private Army" is so ironic.

[ericwillis]

He does'nt say that the KGB/FSB is a criminal organization in the service of a criminal government where laws and administration are just a veneer for a criminalgang.

[dpelpal]

Guess his KGB training didnt stop him from screaming _"Kyiv in threee daaayyys!!_ 😅

[winstonmaraj]

Russia and its agencies remind me of James Bond saying in The Spy Who Loved Me-

"All that feathers and he still can't fly."

Once the West come one and stay together for the long haul, its game over for the Russians.

[mpweiher]

Love the fact that the guest pronounces "Putin" the way one would pronounce "puking". Well played, sir!

[longjidalu]

Sergei Lavarov should be the face of the KGB it would make alot of sense

[janpieterverhoog]

Read Karin Dawisha's book 'Putin's Kleptocracy' it's all there.

[WalesTheTrueBritons]

Man, this channel got That Putin fever!

[SouthernGirl]

Should have showed pics of President Putin. Then I might have watched longer than 20 seconds.

[CrimeHawkCam]

they killed my dad when KGB fall. i have never seen him in my life

[janpieterverhoog]

And in fact it was the KGB that won the battle, the Communist Party lost that battle. Small detail: all the savings of that party aprox. 5 billion fanished like snow in the sun.

[TheGuri]

It's like frustration is coming out in the form of words...

[naguoning]

I am no expert on Russia and Russian thinking but what is described with mentality sounds SO much like China (I am a citizen of Taiwan who worked in China before the Wuhan virus...) .

[nikolagrigorov]

Anything but nothing rational. Many armies would break into a war against NATO and the US. However, that would be retribution for crimes committed earlier.

[KenTeel]

Pew-tin or Poo-tin ? I've never heard anyone, but this guy, in this video, call him Pew-tin. It's always been Poo-tin.

[MusicShortsGlobal]

He might have a private army of poorly-trained soldiers but, does he have drones? We all know that one good drone hit and you are gone..

[davewhite]

Anything Russia does America does it better that why they are number 1 any skullduggery act we are the best and we don’t like competition