[Cronos]

small error -- Putin was a Lt. Colonel who resigned on the second day of the 1991 attempted coup against Gorbachev

Julie Roginsky is right about the other things, though as a child of refuseniks, why is she a Democrat?

[Tailgunner Joe]

What error are you referring to exactly? Are you trying to say that Putin did not faithfully serve the Soviet Union because he chose to remain loyal to Gorbachev and sided against the coup plotters?