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Putin Built His Myth on that Night. but It Looked Completely Different.

Summary by newsweek.pl
"He had no success as an agent in Dresden. He even stopped playing sports. He became a regular beer drinker, gained 11 kilograms, and had to buy suits two sizes larger. He even made a founding myth out of the story of an angry mob that descended on the KGB headquarters, and he came out with a gun and stopped them. But in reality, that night was completely different," says Philip Short, author of a biography of Putin.
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"He had no success as an agent in Dresden. He even stopped playing sports. He became a regular beer drinker, gained 11 kilograms, and had to buy suits two sizes larger. He even made a founding myth out of the story of an angry mob that descended on the KGB headquarters, and he came out with a gun and stopped them. But in reality, that night was completely different," says Philip Short, author of a biography of Putin.

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newsweek.pl broke the news in on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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