Russian President Vladimir Putin was recruited as a KGB agent after graduating from university. • He served as an agent in East Germany for five years. • Putin's experience as a KGB operative ...

But 20 years ago, Vladimir Putin was handed power on a Kremlin plate. The former officer of the KGB - the Soviet security service - was handpicked by President Boris Yeltsin and his inner circle ...

To Putin the street-smart bruiser, the KGB was the biggest gang in town, offering security and advancement even to someone with no Party connections. But it also represented a chance to be a mover ...

MOSCOW--Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Kim Jong Un a commemorative war medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said Tuesday.