Vladimir Putin was a married KGB officer, living in comfort in East Germany, when the world as he knew it collapsed around him.As the regime of his host nation fell in December 1989, Putin watched as emboldened crowds began to storm the headquarters of the secret police, along with a nearby KGB office where he and his comrades conducted their espionage. He sought protection from a Red Army tank unit, but the commander wouldn’t help without approval from Moscow.
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