CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta March 13, 2022 20:30:00
He was a mid-level bureaucrat in the kgb. he served in the city of dresden in the '80s, and i happen to have met an ex-boss of his. olick kalugan, in charge of counter intelligence of the kgb, which was espionage and he will tell you he was not impressed with mr. putin. putin is a phenomenal politician, and a master chess player, because, you know, he has been in power for the last 22 years, in a country where the standard of living hasn't much grew. particularly outside of the big cities. so -- how he got to who he is today is probably not that relevant, but let's not think that kgb agents ar...