Vladimir Putin is merely posing as a lieutenant colonel. The Russian president also oversaw war crimes in Chechnya and helped frame a prosecutor-general to derail a probe into massive Kremlin corruption.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ex-KGB Agent Kalugin says Putin was ‘only a major’
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) meets with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov (R) at the Kremlin on March 24, 2015.
