Russian President Putin's KGB File Has Been Declassified

Photo: Vladimir Putin pictured in his KGB uniform in the 1980s. Newly released documents have shined a light onto his Soviet military service

Daily Mail: Putin declassified: Newly-released files reveal how the Russian leader was praised for being 'morally stable' and a 'conscientious, disciplined employee' while a young man in the KGB

* Russian president Vladimir Putin's KGB file showcased at St Petersburg archive
* The declassified six-paragraph profile praises the future President's 'authority'
* 'Comrade V.V. Putin constantly improves his ideological and political standards'

A KGB profile belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been released to the public at an exhibition of declassified Soviet documents at the central state archive in St. Petersburg.

The six-paragraph profile, published yesterday by Russian news channel 78, remarks on 'the well-deserved authority he enjoys among colleagues.'

According to Russian state news agency TASS, the exhibition in St Petersburg, is dedicated to '90 personalities and their accomplishments in politics, military affairs, science, culture and the arts.'

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WNU Editor: My gut is telling me that this is really not his KGB file.

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