Short comment on The inside story of how Putin and his KGB cronies took control of Russia, an article by Catherine Belton in the Sunday Times, March 29, 2020, which is based on her book Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West.
Let me quote first:
In the rush to help install Putin, though, Pugachev had ignored warnings that appointing someone from the KGB was “to enter a vicious circle”.
Those who believed they were working to introduce a free market and democracy had underestimated the enduring power of the security men.
“This is the tragedy of Russia,” said Pugachev.
Pugachev comes from a Soviet military family. There is not much difference between the KGB and the Soviet military. This quote shows that Pugachev tries to present a false narrative. He got to a very good start in the 1990s because he is coming from the inner circles of the Soviet power.
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