Why do keep repeating like a parrot of the media “Putin was a KGB agent” and ignore the rest of his career?
He was not an “agent”. When he resigned from KGB, he was lieutenant colonel in 1991.
Why do you never mention his PhD in international law?
His PhD thesis of 1975 was titled “The Strategic Planning of Regional Resources Under the Formation of Market Relations” and it argued that Russian economic success would depend on creating national energy champions. Which he put in practice when he was elected president of Russian Federation!
Why don’t you never mention that he taught at St.Peterburg University at the International Affairs section?
Why you NEVER mention that from 1990 for nine years, he was a main advisor of the mayor of St.Petersburg Anatoly Sobtchak and later the same post in Moscow?
See, Putin was not only a KGB man; he is also a well educated man, with important experience in management and international affairs.
Reducing 63 years of someone’s life to 14, it’s simply dishonest.
Once a Chekist, always a Chekist.
He spent 16 years as a KGB agent. In 1998 Putin was appointed head of the Federal Security, an arm of the former KGB, as well as head of Yeltsin's Security Council. In August 1999, Yeltsin dismissed his then-prime minister Sergey Stapashin, along with his cabinet, and promoted Putin in his place. Putin was part of the repressive Soviet security apparatus.
He has essentially been running Russia for the past 13 years. Due to term limits, he couldn't run for the Presidency in 2008, so he used his puppet, Medvedev to hold the Presidency and appoint Putin as the PM. Now he is back as President again. Any guess as to how long he will remain in office at the top either as President or PM?
See, Putin was not only a KGB man; he is also a well educated man, with important experience in management and international affairs.
That doesn't make him any less evil. Estimates of his net worth range from $3 billion to $75 billion. According to a report drawn up by former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, Putin has access to 58 aircraft, four yachts and nearly two-dozen homes. At the same time, some of Putin’s political allies have been showing up higher and higher on the Forbes list. So what’s Russia’s big man and oligarch maker worth? Political analyst and Putin critic Stanislav Belkovsky estimates $70 billion — if accurate, good for 2nd place in the world.
In a memo disclosed by WikiLeaks, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice quotes a Russian opposition figure as saying that "Vladimir Putin is nervously trying to secure his future immunity from potential law enforcement investigations into his alleged illicit proceeds."
So how did Putin acquire such wealth?
Reducing 63 years of someone’s life to 14, it’s simply dishonest.
Why are you defending a corrupt Russian dictator? Take a look at the State Department's 2012 Human Rights Report on Russia.
"Violations of Electoral Processes: Domestic and international observers described the presidential campaign as skewed in favor of the ruling party’s candidate, Vladimir Putin. Procedural irregularities marred voting , with reports of vote fraud, administrative measures disadvantaging the opposition, and pressure on election monitoring groups. Several gubernatorial elections in October were likewise criticized,"