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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsdchill
(38,465 posts)...once Putin finds out.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Igel
(35,296 posts)Bortnikov's a true believer, but also very close to Putin.
artemisia1
(756 posts)lame54
(35,281 posts)Until someone down the line takes out Putin in premeditated self defense
dchill
(38,465 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)sdfernando
(4,929 posts)since 2008. Same place putzler came up from. Not sure he will be any better.
vanlassie
(5,668 posts)intrepidity
(7,290 posts)randr
(12,409 posts)He stands trial for crimes before any sanctions are lifted
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)Left to right: Mikhail Fradkov, director of the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service), president Vladimir Putin, Alexander Bortnikov, director of the FSB (Federal Security Service). Photo: Alexander Druzhinin / TASS.
Bev54
(10,045 posts)They are putting out information to make him believe there are traitors in his ranks and they are close to him. I think it is brilliant because Putin has already shown how bloody paranoid he is.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)calguy
(5,304 posts)Their psychological warfare has been excellent so far. At the very least, they're forcing Putin to think about it.
OnDoutside
(19,952 posts)Response to pbmus (Original post)
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WarGamer
(12,427 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)FakeNoose
(32,620 posts)He predicted something like this would be happening. He said the 2 spy orgs - FSB and GRU - were trying to outdo each other. He predicted the FSB would probably lose out and Bortnikov was not going to last much longer.
(link) https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16479459
Just sayin'