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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

I think Putin recognized, if I go with Sobchak, then there will be loads of new...

I think Putin recognized, if I go with Sobchak, then there will be loads of new possibilities

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I think Putin recognized,
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if I go with Sobchak, then there will be loads
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of new possibilities.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:29
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 So, we have that the word of Khrushchev to take for it - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
So, we have that the word of Khrushchev to take for it
S01 • E03 There you can shape the new Russia - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
There you can shape the new Russia
S01 • E01 To get in, you had to go through the wardrobe - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
To get in, you had to go through the wardrobe
S01 • E02 One way or another, Beria was now gone. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
One way or another, Beria was now gone.
S01 • E01 (Alexander speaks Russian) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
(Alexander speaks Russian)
S01 • E03 And he basically became Sobchak's fixer. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
And he basically became Sobchak's fixer.
S01 • E03 Fixer, bagman, he was the guy who liaised - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Fixer, bagman, he was the guy who liaised
S01 • E02 Khrushchev's next move was to reduce the power - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Khrushchev's next move was to reduce the power
S01 • E03 Putin was typical of a whole generation of KGB officers - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Putin was typical of a whole generation of KGB officers
S01 • E01 Lenin had a rather naive attitude - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Lenin had a rather naive attitude
S01 • E01 He said, "It'd be enough for the new Soviet state - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
He said, "It'd be enough for the new Soviet state
S01 • E02 This was Khrushchev attempt to curb this super agency. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
This was Khrushchev attempt to curb this super agency.
S01 • E03 And they were then in a position by the late 1990s - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
And they were then in a position by the late 1990s
S01 • E02 64,000 workers were sacked from state security. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
64,000 workers were sacked from state security.
S01 • E03 Later in what was now St. Petersburg, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
Later in what was now St. Petersburg,
S01 • E01 There are forces at large - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
There are forces at large
S01 • E01 You need to not just arrest large numbers of people, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
You need to not just arrest large numbers of people,
S01 • E02 They called them Beria's dogs and things like that. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
They called them Beria's dogs and things like that.
S01 • E03 Russia at that time was in a really bad situation - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Russia at that time was in a really bad situation
S01 • E02 For those loyal servants inside the KGB, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
For those loyal servants inside the KGB,