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KGB Returned to Power in Russia

Putin's rise at the end of 1999 represented an improbable restoration of KGB control over Russian affairs less than nine years after the August 1991 revolution toppled the symbols of Soviet security power.

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Speaker

Garry Kasparov

Evidence Quote

during this glorious days of august revolution in the soviet union august 1991 when the jubilant crowds toppled the statue of the kgb founder felix dzhinsky at lubyanka square in moscow i don't believe anybody could bet one to million that in less than nine years kgb would be in charge of russian affairs again

Source

275 - The Russian War In UkraineMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:54:29 AM

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