Dresden

...gas. KGB agent Putin was a KGB agent in Dresden, East Germany, between 1985 and 1990 and was responsible for collecting information on political parties, leaders and future policies, as well as recruiting agents. A lawyer by training,...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Germany, Natural gas, Nord Stream AG, and Russia

...he said. "This of course makes any nostalgia secondary." Putin said that during the tumult of November 1989 demonstrators came right up to the KGB offices in Dresden. "We explained to them the building belongs to the Soviet army and...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Germany, World War II, Angela Merkel, Russia, and Europe

...local relations with Moscow. But there was considerable outrage in local and national media when Tillich handed a medal of honor to Putin in Dresden in January, at the height of the gas war with Ukraine. "And next year the medal will go...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Moscow, and NTV

...how much Yeltsin drank. Current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has built up a much more puritan image he is known to prefer beer, especially the German variety after his stint in Dresden as a KGB spy. But he never tried to tackle...

In this article: Dmitri Medvedev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Tax, Moonshine, and Boris Gryzlov

Mr Putin was serving as a KGB major in Dresden in 1989 when the wall fell and, according to his and other accounts, brandished a pistol to ward off the angry crowd from ransacking the spy agency's offices and purloining its files.

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Trademark, Kommersant, and Reuters

...is distinctly different. 9th Type (1986-90) Same as Type 8, grain stalks in the NVA emblem are stylized and closed Bronze - Vladimir Putin awarded in 1988 by Stasi chief Erich Mielke for his service as a KGB agent in Dresden and Leipzig.

In this article: Silver, Medal of Merit of the National People's Army, National People's Army, German Democratic Republic, Erich Mielke, Vladimir Putin, and Leipzig

...dialogue was important. Medvedev has said that a trip to Germany he made as a student disillusioned him about the Soviet Union's propaganda, while Putin served as a KGB spy in Dresden in the 1980s. Merkel was expected to voice...

In this article: Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, Russia, European Union, NATO, Kosovo, Europe, and Germany

At the time of Reagan's visit, Mr Putin was serving as a mid-ranking KGB spy in the East German city of Dresden and as such was not important enough to be recalled to Moscow for such a job, unless he was already on holiday. Perhaps...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Ronald Reagan, Moscow, National Public Radio, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Barack Obama

...himself as a good friend of the German people -- key trading partners for Russia. Putin retains a special affection for the country from his Dresden days. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is a close contact and after leaving...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, NTV, Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia Today, Soviet Union, and Russia