Kgb | The Capture Cascade Timeline

Yeltsin Resigns, Oligarchs Elevate Putin to President: KGB Officer Chosen to Protect 'The Family' Transforms Russia into Kleptocracy

1999-12-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Boris Yeltsin resigned as President of Russia on December 31, 1999, elevating Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to Acting President six months before scheduled elections. The succession had been carefully engineered by Yeltsin’s oligarchic allies, known as ’the family,’ who began …

Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin Boris Berezovsky Vladimir Gusinsky Mikhail Khodorkovsky +2 more russia putin yeltsin oligarchs kleptocracy +5 more

Robert Maxwell's Secret KGB Meeting Coincides with Czechoslovakia Invasion Planning

1968-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

British media mogul and Labour MP Robert Maxwell secretly travels to Moscow to meet KGB head Yuri Andropov in 1968. This meeting occurs during Soviet planning for the invasion of Czechoslovakia, with Andropov as the main advocate for ’extreme measures’ against Prague Spring reforms. …

Robert Maxwell Yuri Andropov KGB Oleg Gordievsky Labour Party +1 more kgb robert-maxwell soviet-intelligence media-capture czechoslovakia +2 more