The Soviet-era intelligence services successfully infiltrated foreign organizations more effectively than their Western counterparts did during the Cold War.

“I would think if you were going to come down to a kind of like a a who had the most mol Super Bowl probably the Soviets would come somewhat ahead of that”

Vladimir Putin was a mid-level officer in the KGB who did not develop his manipulative and brutal nature there.

“he was mid-level he wasn't even in charge right and so the the myth that uh is floating around about putin the 10-foot tall kgb agent is is exactly that it's a myth unfortunately a lot of americans have bought into this”