"This guy is a KGB guy. This guy issues a law allowing the Russians to kill opponents abroad. So they kill opponents abroad. This is absolutely logical. Why did they issue this law? For what? Because this is Russia and nobody agrees to kill without the signature of somebody more important who gave the order."
— Vladimir Putin

January 1, 1970

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ConservativesPresidents of RussiaPeople from St. PetersburgEastern Orthodox ChristiansPrime Ministers of Russia
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Boris Berezovsky, as quoted in "Kremlin, Inc.: Why are Vladimir Putin’s opponents dying?" (29 January 2007), by Michael Specter, The New Yorker.