While the West had James Bond, the USSR had its own favourite spy - Stierlitz. And it could have been Stierlitz who prompted Vladimir Putin to join the KGB.
Vladimir Putin joined the KGB in 1975, just after his graduation. After completing his one year of training in Leningrad, he was transferred to the First Chi...
Soon after he was first appointed prime minister back in 1999, Vladimir Putin joked to an audience of top intelligence officers that a group of undercover spies, dispatched to infiltrate the government, was “successfully fulfilling its task.”
While the West had James Bond, the USSR had its own favourite spy - Stierlitz. And it could have been Stierlitz who prompted Vladimir Putin to join the KGB.
Vladimir Putin joined the KGB in 1975, just after his graduation. After completing his one year of training in Leningrad, he was transferred to the First Chi...
Soon after he was first appointed prime minister back in 1999, Vladimir Putin joked to an audience of top intelligence officers that a group of undercover spies, dispatched to infiltrate the government, was “successfully fulfilling its task.”
