MOSCOW, Aug 1 The last head of the KGB, Vadim Bakatin, did a lot to destroy the USSR state security system, considers the first deputy head of the international committee of the Federation Council, FSB General Vladimir Dzhabarov. Bakatin died at the age of 85. Chairman of the State Security Committee of the Soviet Union Vadim Bakatin
"Vadim Bakatin died. The last chairman of the KGB of the USSR. Everyone who served in the state security agencies during the collapse of the Soviet Union had a firm conviction that Bakatin was one of the main executors of the destruction of the most powerful intelligence agency in the world of that period — the KGB of the USSR,» the politician wrote in his Telegram channel.
According to him, on the outer circuit, he mercilessly fought «for the global reform of the KGB», returning to Lubyanka, convincing his subordinates of his loyalty to the KGB traditions. “He said that everything that I tell reporters about my plans to reform the KGB, I do it with the sole purpose of deflecting the blow from the security agencies. In fact, I will be faithful to everything that is dear to generations of Chekists, I will follow the traditions laid down by Dzerzhinsky and Andropov «, — the senator quoted Bakatin's words. In 1992, he published the book «Getting rid of the KGB» and it became clear to all doubters: that he was telling the truth to journalists and the «fifth column», and he was lying exclusively to the Chekists, Dzhabarov added.
03 December 2021 the answer was this: if an operational officer did this, then it would be treason to the Motherland, and when the chairman of the KGB of the USSR does this, then this should be regarded as a political step aimed at radically improving our relations with Washington, «the politician wrote. «Well well, we see how our relations with the United States have «improved» over the next 30 years,» Dzhabarov stated. The senator recalled the saying — «the dead are only good or nothing … but the truth.» «I tried to convey a drop of truth about the last chairman of the KGB to the readers of my channel. God be his judge,» the politician concluded. , 04:08KGB veteran spoke about the leaks of secret reports for Gorbachev