Vladimir V. Putin’s time as a Soviet intelligence agent in East Germany is largely shrouded in secrecy. He has claimed, for example, to have single-handedly dispersed protesters outside the K.G.B. office in Dresden in 1989, in the waning days of the Communist government.
New York Times: Putin’s Stasi ID is found in German archive
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks a meeting to discuss preparation to mark the anniversary of the allied victory in the World War II in the Kremlin in Moscow on December 12, 2012.
