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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

He funded Yeltsin's re-election and later claimed that it was he who suggested that Putin...

He funded Yeltsin's re-election and later claimed that it was he who suggested that Putin might be effective as head of the FSB

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He funded Yeltsin's re-election and later claimed
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that it was he who suggested that Putin might be effective
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as head of the FSB.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
62
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:14
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Concorde-New Horizons

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Movie Summary

Millions suffered at the hands of the KGB. Mass executions, secret wars and coup d'états. But today, the security network is arguably stronger than ever.
S01 • E02 (speaking in foreign language) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(speaking in foreign language)
S01 • E01 A civil war had broken out, and between 1918 and 1920, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
A civil war had broken out, and between 1918 and 1920,
S01 • E03 Yeltsin duly appointed him in July, 1998. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Yeltsin duly appointed him in July, 1998.
S01 • E02 That's why the number of arrests was lower - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
That's why the number of arrests was lower
S01 • E03 Putin's command of Russia's security service, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Putin's command of Russia's security service,
S01 • E01 It became known as the Red Terror. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
It became known as the Red Terror.
S01 • E03 Internal critics were again viewed as enemies, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Internal critics were again viewed as enemies,
S01 • E02 But the KGB wasn't humane because it was the instrument - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
But the KGB wasn't humane because it was the instrument
S01 • E01 It could be shooting prisoners - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It could be shooting prisoners
S01 • E03 Prominent among those critics was Galina Starovoytova. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Prominent among those critics was Galina Starovoytova.
S01 • E02 (dark music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
(dark music)
S01 • E01 It could be putting prisoners on a boat - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
It could be putting prisoners on a boat
S01 • E03 An outspoken Russian MP, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:14
An outspoken Russian MP,
S01 • E01 It could be putting them in prison camps - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
It could be putting them in prison camps
S01 • E01 Dzerzhinsky, the man who might've become a priest, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Dzerzhinsky, the man who might've become a priest,
S01 • E01 Religion was denounced as a competing ideology, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Religion was denounced as a competing ideology,
S01 • E03 She would answer, yes, but I've taken this path - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
She would answer, yes, but I've taken this path
S01 • E02 These were the so-called soft cells, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
These were the so-called soft cells,
S01 • E02 A man would be walked into a cell like this, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
A man would be walked into a cell like this,
S01 • E03 Galina Starovoytova was one of the first Russian MPS - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Galina Starovoytova was one of the first Russian MPS