Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He resigned in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. In 1996, he moved to Moscow to join the administration of President Boris Yeltsin.

2025年2月1日 · Vladimir Putin is a Russian leader and former KGB officer who has shaped his nation’s political landscape for decades with a mix of strategic maneuvers, military aggression against Russia’s neighbors, and controversial policies.

2019年11月4日 · A recent report about Vladimir Putin as a KBG officer shows that he was seen as worthy, serious and reliable, but not as a high-flier or a leader. Vladimir Putin's past as a KGB officer...

2018年7月16日 · Vladimir Putin was recruited as a KGB agent after graduating from university. The current president of Russia served as an agent in East Germany for five years. Putin's experience as a KGB...

2018年3月1日 · KGB stands for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, which translates to “Committee for State Security.” The KGB headquarters occupied what is now a famous structure at Lubyanka Square—and...

2024年3月18日 · As Vladimir Putin eyes another term as president, Sky News takes a look back at the Russian leader's long reign - and some of the events that threatened his grip on power.

In 1954, the Soviet Union created the Committee for State Security (KGB) and, as the Cold War intensified, the service grew in capability and status, advancing the Kremlin’s interests around the world and stifling dissent at home.

2023年6月15日 · Russian President Vladimir Putin's KGB years in East Germany offer a window into his crackdown on protests, war on Ukraine and yearning for empire.

2024年3月17日 · Vladimir Putin has been in power since 2000, longer than any Kremlin leader since Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Now into his fifth term as president, aged 71, all semblance of opposition to his...

In this extract from the BBC Select documentary 'A Russian Spy Story', we look into Vladimir Putin's childhood and teenage years. From a 'schoolyard thug', to joining the KGB and meeting his...