It is likely the rip-off earlier this month was masterminded in neighbouring Ukraine, three years after Russian president - and former KGB lieutenant colonel - Vladimir Putin ordered its invasion.

Dmitri Vrubel painting 'My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love' showing kissing communist leaders Brezhnev and Honecker on the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany. Source: NurPhoto / Beata ...

Vladimir Putin has gone from being a lieutenant colonel in the KGB to the president of Russia, but besides the fact that he is one of the longest-serving European leaders, there isn't much that is ...

When the KGB was rebranded and relaunched in the early 90s, it was assumed this now creaking engine of state authority would wilt along with the system it represented. But with a former KGB ...

For Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who first rose to power in 1999, the result is intended to underscore to the West ...