When he first visited and hit up the Russians for cash, in 1987, there was, that's when they started to groom him.
When he first visited and hit up the Russians for cash, in 1987, there was, that's when they started to groom him.
And you’re saying the Soviets still secretly run Russia? I don’t understand. Who’s “they?”
FSB, a direct successor of the KGB.
Ok and what ideology are they carrying out that was conistent from the USSR to Putin’s Russia? Are you saying the leaders of Russia are pursuiing the same ends as the USSR did? With the same people in charge?
A former KGB colonel is now Russia's president. He speaks openly about his goals, they are similar to soviet geopolitical objectives. As for ideology, it is of secondary importance.
A mix of chauvinism, soviet sentiment (he installed 100+ statues of Stalin), usual hatred for all the western civilization, nationalism, panslavism, fascism etc.