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Several articles in BBC on Putin's time as KGB officer in East Germany. Very enlightening
[Found these articles when reading BBC ilnk in DU post about chocolate spill in .Germany. Clicked on Europe]
One story claims he deveoped idea of need for strong-man government when Moscow didn't respond v quickly to uprisings in Dresden (where he was stationed) in 89.
There's one article about finding his passport photo in Dresden archives