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Race Against Time: Putin Experienced the Collapse of the GDR

Summary by derwesten.de
Vladimir Putin worked in the fall of the Berlin Wall as a KGB officer in Dresden. For him, the familiar world collapsed in the autumn of 1989. Within a few weeks, Soviet intelligence lost its foundation in the city. Historians see a key to understanding today's Russian president. The then 37-year-old lived with his family in a Dresden record building. [...]

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Race Against Time: Putin Experienced the Collapse of the GDR

Vladimir Putin worked in the fall of the Berlin Wall as a KGB officer in Dresden. For him, the familiar world collapsed in the autumn of 1989. Within a few weeks, Soviet intelligence lost its foundation in the city. Historians see a key to understanding today's Russian president. The then 37-year-old lived with his family in a Dresden record building. [...]

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derwesten.de broke the news in Essen, Germany on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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