How Vladimir Putin went from an unemployed spy to an important political power broker in St. Petersburg - and how that helped pave his way to the Kremlin. For more tune into Putin's Long Shadow tonight at 9 PM on CBC Television.
No. When Putin returned to St. Petersberg from East Germany, the KGB was inactive, as the USSR had been collapsed by Gorbachev. He in fact went back to the University, where he was an assistant to the Dean, but started to rough out his Ph.D thesis in International Private Law, having chosen his supervisor. But a friend came to see him, as Sobchak has just been elected but was surrounded ny a lot of the old crude coase semi criminal Komsomol and badly needed help - would Putin go help him, the friend asked. Putin said he would see, and went to talk to Sobchak and agreed to help him as one of the deputy mayors as he could handle Komsomol types. He resigned from the University and took the job. it's not as presented here.
You expect the West to report the truth? Right now, America is on the verge of collapsing harder than the Soviet Union, 5-10 times over. Is that being reported? Are they reporting how many millions of young people live with their parents or grandparents, working for 3rd world wages, only to eat and pay their bills and credit card debt? And how, if these young people lose their final "lifeline" then they will be homeless and left for DEAD? Meanwhile the USA has no economy, yet is importing as many illegals as it can, who steal resources unavailable to citizens. Young Russians/Europeans are so brainwashed, they'll say they actually want to live in America, when their country is currently in a utopian state compared to America...
To my understanding, the circumstances of Putin taking the position with Sobchak, and how (or if) that related to his KGB work, has never been determined. Putin himself has given differing versions of the story
No science in the West. Only belief and feelings. These are people, like Americans to their South, who run 87 (AKI) octane fuel in luxury cars (that REQUIRE 91 AKI), and have flimsy outdated outlets powering their appliances that can barely handle 1500W a pop... Not much science in a dystopia like that.. And you can't be very thorough with all that pot smoke polluting the air, suffocating any remaining braincells...
Сейчас имеем почти мистическую картину - Путина ненавидят за то, что он не предает Россию, русский народ, а нас ненавидят за то , что мы не предаем Путина. При чем русские всюду - от Казахстана и Белоруссии, до Германии и Канады , всюду поддерживают Путина и ощущается необъяснимый самим людям, подъем национального самосознания. Над этим никто не рассуждает и не пишет, это просто по факту так и всё. Замкнутый круг ненависти к нам приводит к деградации самих носителей ненависти . Ибо сейчас уже именно ненависть, ибо СОШЛИСЬ ДВА ФАКТОРА - РУССКИЙ НАРОД И РУССКИЙ ОФИЦЕР , избранный русским народом как надежда и спасение , как воплощение Веры в то, что нельзя описать словами , но ЭТО включает в себя одно слово " Россия " , Россия, для русских больше , чем Родина, где можно жить хорошо и желать того иным .. нет, Россия для русских, это как великая Мечта, за которую можно умереть, лишь бы она жила , без тебя , но жила... За это непонятное , необъяснимое отношение к России нас боятся , ненавидят и желание нас уничтожить не исчезнет никогда . Ибо они от мира сего, а мы .. мы имеем вековое терпение и любовь к Матери-России потому , что нас никто больше никогда не любил, но мы всегда знали и верили, что Она нас любит и потому мы всегда были готовы умереть за Неё . Это чувство любви к Ней , которую били и ненавидели также как нас, сделало нас живучими и.. не такими как все. И Путин не такой , потому он будет всегда побеждать, ибо нет ни у кого больше такой цели в душе, а значит силы , как у него. Поэтому и Господь с ним (с)
@triborn217 you do realize what you replied is a complete lie from the media. You brainwashed 🤡. You believe everything cause you are ignorant. President Putin is the best leader in the 21st century. Perhaps you should go post more of your lies on CNN
I think all the facts here are accurate, but the truth is that we don’t know why his deal failed. In the collapsing Soviet Union, there was so much economic disorder that the implication that it was done by Putin to enrich himself and his friends is pure speculation
lol, why you try to distort the Truth. Half truth blend with Lie never the Truth. Putin is the best Russian can have at the time, and thank Yeltsin for that.
u think he consolidated power by being at some desk? he definitely made power moves that me and you would have sleepless nights over. he used his intelligence from kgb to put out fires.
@@dannnyboyyyyy7877 man... under a desk he had so much power and connection ... Imagine the streght to take the Yeltsins and taking power and the oligarchs and Russian economy growing even in war now surpassing Germany... If I were 0.00000000001 that man power under a desk I would conside r myself sucesful enought already...
I am not really familiar with Putin . I visited all Eastern European in 1979 ( Soviet Union times) At that time he was in charge of Berlin office ( KGB ) I was there & cross Berlin Wall to west . Not easy task
they had a chance, back then. now, it's too late. this is what happens, when regular folks don't step up, and make the needed sacrifice to set things straight, before they snowball.
2:28 It's kind of strange how this mild-mannered wimpy-looking short guy with a small chin, soft high-pitched voice and a dorky comb-over hairdo has later become known as the world's biggest bully
He doesn't have the beauty of a Greek statue but within his head is a very powerful and incredible brain. The man very strong minded, mentally tough, incredibly ambitious, confident, he's proven he can rise above other men despite his little minor shortcomings in appearance. This is what a real man is.
