Bill Gertz: Putin is a KGB thug, pure and simple

Asked recently to explain Putin’s mindset and his next moves, Bill Gertz, recently honored with the Reed Irvine Award for Investigative Journalism for his career accomplishments as a national security columnist, said that Putin is a “KGB thug, pure and simple.” He said that both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations “vastly misunderstood” what is going on in the former Soviet Union.  “Putin wants to restore Soviet hegemony in that part of the world. They are trying to re-establish a Soviet-style system.”

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