IMO, Russia, to those of the Cold War Generation, is still tainted by Stalinist Communism--Young Pioneers with their red neckerchiefs tattling on their parents to their teachers, 'as required by law'. Hard to comprehend that it may be an entirely different place now. And if Mr. Putin was a KGB agent, then always a KGB agent--unless he is…
IMO, Russia, to those of the Cold War Generation, is still tainted by Stalinist Communism--Young Pioneers with their red neckerchiefs tattling on their parents to their teachers, 'as required by law'. Hard to comprehend that it may be an entirely different place now. And if Mr. Putin was a KGB agent, then always a KGB agent--unless he isn't. Unless he did KGB as "go along to get along", and when the Commie govt fell, the real Vlad could come out of hiding. Just a whimsical thought.
IMO, Russia, to those of the Cold War Generation, is still tainted by Stalinist Communism--Young Pioneers with their red neckerchiefs tattling on their parents to their teachers, 'as required by law'. Hard to comprehend that it may be an entirely different place now. And if Mr. Putin was a KGB agent, then always a KGB agent--unless he isn't. Unless he did KGB as "go along to get along", and when the Commie govt fell, the real Vlad could come out of hiding. Just a whimsical thought.