From a 2007 article titled “Putin’s Russia”...
(not to be confused with the previously mentioned book)
“KGB influence ‘soars under Putin,’ “ blared the headline of a BBC online article for December 13, 2006. The following day, a similar headline echoed a similarly alarming story at the website of Der Spiegel, one of Germany’s largest news magazines: “Putin’s Russia: Kremlin Riddled with Former KGB Agents.
In the opening sentences of Der Spiegel’s article, readers are informed that: “Four out of five members of Russia’s political and business elite have a KGB past, according to a new study by the prestigious [Russian] Academy of Sciences. The influence of ex-Soviet spies has ballooned under President Vladimir Putin.” ...”
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/8420-putins-russia
Remember when Rush had a long list of 'in the Clinton circle' people who were murdered.