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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(06:52) – KGB<br />
(19:43) – Communism<br />
(38:45) – Childhood<br />
(45:32) – Becoming a KGB agent<br />
(1:24:04) – Training<br />
(1:37:53) – Language<br />
(1:43:45) – Moscow<br />
(1:58:45) – Spying<br />
(2:15:43) – Putin<br />
(2:18:35) – War in Ukraine<br />
(2:30:02) – Putin in the KGB<br />
(2:36:56) – Yuri Bezmenov<br />
(2:47:33) – FSB and CIA<br />
(2:55:24) – Putin and Zelenskyy<br />
(3:04:13) – Quitting the KGB<br />
(3:30:32) – Love and regrets<br />
(3:38:44) – Mortality</p>