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Former Soviet Secret Police, KGB, officer Putin, is now Russian President Putin. Putinophiles take heed – the more things change, the more it’s the same thing. His grandfather was the cook for both Lenin and Stalin. (NB: Photo-comment is not in the original Bellona article, but to provide context.)

From Bellona.org: “Two decades of legal harassment dissolve Bellona Murmansk as a Russian NGO – but it will continue its work

Twenty years ago this month, Bellona’s still nascent offices in Murmansk were raided by the FSB, the successor organization to the Soviet KGB, setting in motion a legal Rube Goldberg machine that led to treason allegations against the Bellona’s Alexander Nikitin, and charges against the Bellona itself.

Twenty years ago this month, Bellona’s still nascent offices in Murmansk were raided by the FSB, the successor organization to the Soviet KGB, setting in motion a legal Rube Goldberg machine that…